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isatin

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Also known as indoline-2,3-dione, 1H-indole-2,3-dione, indole-2,3-dione, 2,3-dihydro-1H-indole-2,3-dione

Isatin, also known as tribulin, is an organic compound derived from indole with formula C8H5NO2. The compound was first obtained by Otto Linné Erdman and Auguste Laurent in 1840 as a product from the oxidation of indigo dye by nitric acid and chromic acids.

Chemical data

Formula
C8H5NO2
Molecular weight
147.13 g/mol
IUPAC name
1H-indole-2,3-dione
SMILES
C1=CC=C2C(=C1)C(=O)C(=O)N2
InChIKey
JXDYKVIHCLTXOP-UHFFFAOYSA-N
XLogP
0.8
Polar surface area
46.2 Ų
H-bond donors
1
H-bond acceptors
2
Formal charge
0

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Wikidata facts

Mass
147.032
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chemical formula
C₈H₅NO₂
Commons category
Isatin
canonical SMILES
C1=CC=C2C(=C1)C(=O)C(=O)N2
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15 sections
Contents
  • Synthesis
  • Sandmeyer methodology
  • Stolle methodology
  • Other procedures
  • Reactivity
  • ''N''-Substitution
  • Ring expansion
  • ''C-2''/''C-3'' nucleophilic addition
  • Oxidation
  • Dimerization
  • Reduction
  • See also
  • References
  • Reviews
  • External links

Isatin, also known as tribulin, is an organic compound derived from indole with formula C8H5NO2. The compound was first obtained by Otto Linné Erdman and Auguste Laurent in 1840 as a product from the oxidation of indigo dye by nitric acid and chromic acids.

Isatin is a well-known natural product which can be found in plants of the genus Isatis, in Couroupita guianensis, and also in humans, as a metabolic derivative of adrenaline.

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