N-Chlorophthalimide

White to pale yellow powder

N-Chlorophthalimide may be employed in the synthesis of:

• α-amino acetal
• α-amino nitro compounds
• vicinal diamine
• α,β-unsaturated vicinal haloamino nitro compound

It may also be used as a chlorination reagent for the synthesis of 3-(methylthio)oxindoles.

N-Chlorophthalimide in anhydrous acetic acid serves as a useful oxidizing reagent for use in various direct titrimetric analyses. N-Chlorophthalimide can be synthesized by reacting phthalimide, t-butyl hypochlorite, water and t-butyl alcohol. It participates in the synthesis of 2-amino-3-benzoyl-α-(methylthio)phenylacetamide.