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Synthetic Communications
An International Journal for Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Volume 39, 2009 - Issue 12
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Original Articles

Water-Promoted Synthesis of 3,3′-Di(indolyl)oxindoles

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Pages 2240-2243 | Received 07 Aug 2008, Published online: 12 May 2009
 

Abstract

The reaction of isatin and indoles in refluxing water/ethanol (7:3) affords 3,3′-di(indolyl)oxindoles in excellent yields.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We thank the Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, for financial support. M. L. D. thanks the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (India) for the award of a senior research fellowship.

Notes

a Isolated yields.

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