Abstract:
The present invention provides processes having practical utility for preparing 2-oxindoles, N-hydroxy-2-oxindoles, or mixtures thereof comprising: catalytically hydrogenating a 2-nitroarylmalonate diester to produce a 2-(N-hydroxyamino)arylmalonate diester, a 2-aminoarylmalonate diester, or mixtures thereof as a first reaction intermediate: cyclizing, by intramolecular aminolysis of one ester group, the first reaction intermediate to produce a N-hydroxy-2-oxindole-3-carboxylate ester, 2-oxindole-3-carboxylate ester, or mixtures thereof as a second reaction intermediate; and hydrolyzing and decarboxylating the remaining ester group of the second reaction intermediate to produce the N-hydroxy-2-oxindole, the 2-oxindole, or mixtures thereof, wherein the cyclization reaction and the hydrolysis and decarboxylation reaction are conducted in situ with the catalytic hydrogenation reaction without isolation of said reaction intermediates.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a process for preparing 2-oxindole-1-carboxamides, comprising reacting N-acyl 2-oxindole-1-carboxamides with alcohols in the presence of aprotic weak Lewis acid catalysts. In certain processes of the present invention a 2-oxindole-1-carboxamide is prepared from a 2-oxindole by reacting the 2-oxindole with an acyl isocyanate to produce the N-acyl 2-oxindole-1-carboxamide as an intermediate, which is then reacted with alcohol in the presence of aprotic weak Lewis acid catalysts. The N-acyl 2-oxindole-1-carboxamide intermediate may be converted to the 2-oxindole-1-carboxamide without isolation.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a process for preparing 2-oxindole-1-carboxamides, comprising reacting N-acyl 2-oxindole-1-carboxamides with alcohols in the presence of aprotic weak Lewis acid catalysts. In certain processes of the present invention a 2-oxindole-1-carboxamide is prepared from a 2-oxindole by reacting the 2-oxindole with an acyl isocyanate to produce the N-acyl 2-oxindole-1-carboxamide as an intermediate, which is then reacted with alcohol in the presence of aprotic weak Lewis acid catalysts. The N-acyl 2-oxindole-1-carboxamide intermediate may be converted to the 2-oxindole-1-carboxamide without isolation.