6-Methoxy-2,3-dioxyindole

6966-87-6

52351-75-4

2-Hydroxyimino-N-(3-methoxyphenyl)-acetamide (Compound 15, 3.0 g, 15.46 mmol) was added to polyphosphoric acid (30.0 g) and the reaction was stirred at 55 °C for 1 hour. After completion of the reaction, ice water was added to quench the reaction under cooling in an ice bath. The reaction mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate, and the organic phase was sequentially washed with saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The organic phase was concentrated under reduced pressure to afford 6-methoxydihydroindole-2,3-dione (compound 16) as a red solid (2.2 g, 82% yield).