title: Thermal and acid-catalyzed Hofmann-Martius rearrangement of 3-N-aryl-2-oxindoles into 3-(arylamino)-2-oxindoles.
abstract: [reaction: see text] The Hofmann-Martius rearrangement of 3-N-aryl-2-oxindoles into 3-(arylamino)-2-oxindoles under thermal and acid-catalyzed conditions is described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station A5300, Austin, Texas 78712-1167, USA. p.magnus@mail.utexas.edu
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Magnus
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Turnbull
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D006358:Hot Temperature; D007211:Indoles / Q000737:chemistry*; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D015394:Molecular Structure
chemical_list: D007211:Indoles