Isatin-4-carboxylic acid, 7-methyl

The methoxy group in 7-methoxy,2 7-methoxy-6-methyl,41 and 7-methoxy-4-methylisatin41 has been cleaved to the corresponding hydroxy group with pyridine hydrochloride, while treatment with sodium hydroxide cleaves the 6-methoxy group of 5-chloro-6,7-dimethoxy-l-methylisatin.48 5-Acetamidoisatins have been hydrolyzed to 5-aminoisatins.30 Isatin carboxylic acids have been converted to amides and esters by means of standard procedures.52,53... 

Buu-Hoi has shown that n-alkyl methyl ketones excluding ethyl methyl ketone, yield primarily 2-monosubstituted cinchoninic acids. It has been demonstrated that the products of the condensation of isatin with aryloxyketones are the corresponding 3-aryloxy-4-quinoline carboxylic acids rather than the isomeric 2-aryloxymethylcinchoninic acids.In the case of simple a-alkoxyketones such as 1-alkoxyethyl methylketones, the preferred products are the 2-alkoxyalkylcinchoninic... 

Pyrazolo[3,4-Z)]pyridines, the 7-chloro-6-fluoro-2,4-dimethylquinoline and its mercapto-thiadiazolyl or oxadiazolyl quinolines 21 were prepared via Diels-Alder reaction conversion of methyl 2-(3-oxo-3-phenylpropenylamino)benzoate into 3-benzoyl-l.S -quinolin-4-one 22 . A mixture of aniline derivatives and malonic ester gave a variety of 3-aryl-4-hydroxyquinolin-2(l//)-ones 23. Condensation of isatins with ketones afforded quinoline-4-carboxylic acids. 2-Aryl-l,2,3,4-tetrahydro-4-quinolinones 22 and carbazolylquinolone were also prepared. The substitution of 2-chloroquinoline gave the 2-substituted quinolines. Basic alumina has catalyzed the C-C bond formation between 2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone and 2-chloroquinoline derivative to give 21. Reaction of organic halides with 8-hydroxyquinolines gave the respective ethers. The azodye derivatives of 21 were prepared in the absence of solvent. Silica gel catalyzed the formation of 2-ketomethylquinolines from reaction of 2-methylquinolines with acyl chlorides. 

The synthesis of 86 commenced with oxazole carboxylic acid 87. Base-catalyzed lithiation and coupling with isatin 88 followed by methyl ester formation and Boc deprotection provided tertiary alcohol 89. A second coupling of the amine 89 with carboxylic acid 90 followed by chlorination afforded chloride 91. Treatment of 91 with TBAF gave a 1 1 mixture of O-aryl ether 92 (CIO) in excellent yield. Refluxing 92 in chloroform resulted in the formation of 93 (70%, with 30% of the isomer), which was subjected to a three-step reaction sequence to furnish intermediate 86 (Scheme 16). 

The Chi group further developed a highly enantioselective formal [4 + 2] cycloaddition of a-branched indole 3-carboxaldehydes with trifluoromethyl ketones or isatins to give polyeyelic and spiro lactones, respectively. The reaction is postulated to undergo a catalytic cycle of NHC-eatalyzed aetiva-tion of the C(sp )—H bond of 2-methyl indole 3-carboxaldehydes to produee ort/ o-quinodimethane intermediates. Notably, 2-methyl benzofuran and ben-zothiophene aldehydes are also suitable substrates for this reaction, while 2-methylbenzaldehyde gives the partially oxidized carboxylic acid under these conditions without the observation of the desired lactone product (Scheme 7.115). 

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