N-alkylation of trimethylsilyl derivatives of isatin with halomethyl ketones

Trimethylsilyl derivative of isatin react with halomethyl ketones at the nitrogen atom in contrast to sodium salt of isatin, which reacts with these compounds at heterocyclic carbon atom. Institute for the Biological Protection of Vegetation, Academy of Sciences of Moldova, 2058, Moldova. Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 10, pp. 1345–1346, October, 1999.