Sodium chlorite (NaClO 2 ) was shown to be capable of oxidizing cyclic benzylic ethers and N-protected cyclic benzylic amines in a heterogeneous solvent system of 1,1,1-trichloroethane and water at 55-65°C to give synthetically useful benzolactones and benzolactams, respectively, in high-to-excellent yields.
An efficient and facile method for the synthesis of 3-indolyl-substituted phthalides by Friedel-Crafts alkylation of indoles with 3-hydroxyisobenzofuran-1(3H)-one has been developed. Using only 2 mol-% TsOH·H 2 O as the catalyst, various substituted indoles can react smoothly at room temperature to give the corresponding phthalides products in good to excellent yields (up to 96%).
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