Treatment of 3-(silyloxy)acrylolyl-2'(or 3')-haloanilides with LDA followed by hydrolysis gives 3-acyl-3-alkyloxindoles in preparatively useful yields.
Treatment of 3-(silyloxy)acrylolyl-2'(or 3')-haloanilides with LDA followed by hydrolysis gives 3-acyl-3-alkyloxindoles in preparatively useful yields.