I. Moldvai et al., CHEMISTRY OF INDOLES CARRYING A BASIC FUNCTION .3. SYNTHESIS OF SPIRO[CYCLOPROPANE-1,3'[3H]INDOL]-2'(1'H)-ONES WITH ANTIHYPOXIC EFFECTS, Archiv der pharmazie, 329(12), 1996, pp. 541-549
Hydroxyindolones (1-6, 15-16) were transformed into isatinylidenes (7,
9-13, 17-19) by dehydration with 4-toluenesulfonic acid. The dimer-ty
pe compounds (14, 20) were also isolated in few cases. The obtained is
atinylidenes were transformed into 3-spiro-cyclopropane-oxindoles (21-
32) with dimethyloxosulfonium methylide. Compound 22 shows protective
effects against hypobaric hypoxia and triethyltin induced brain edema.