The paper provides a comprehensive review of the base-catalysed C3-alkylation of N-unprotected-3-monosubstituted oxindoles. Based on a few, non-systematic studies described in the literature using butyllithium as the deprotonating agent, an optimized method has now been elaborated, via the corresponding lithium salt, for the selective C3-alkylation of this family of compounds. The optimal exces...

Trifluoromethyl tolueneselenosulfonate is a versatile reagent which can be reduced by iron powder to generate in situ trifluoromethylselenolate anion. This species then react with alkyl bromide perform SN2 reaction.

In the title compound, C(18)H(40)NO(2) (+)·Br(-), the ion pairs formed by the hydrogen-bonded bromide anions and organic cations are arranged into thick layers with the alkyl groups directed to the inside and the trimethyl-aminium groups and the bromide anions situated on the layer surface. The long alkyl chain in the cation adopts an all-trans conformation. In the crystal structure, molecules ...