In the title compound, C 17 H 22 BrNO 2 , the indoline ring system, the two ketone O atoms and the Br atom are nearly coplanar, with an r.m.s. deviation of 0.029 Å . The indoline ring system makes a dihedral angle of 70.64 (7) with the mean plane through the nonyl chain, which has an extended conformation. In the crystal, molecules pack in a herringbone arrangement. They are linked by two strong and two weak C-HÁ Á ÁO hydrogen bonds, forming slabs parallel to (010).
Structure description1H-Indole-2,3-dione (isatin) is one of the most prevalent heterocyclic scaffolds found in natural products, pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals. Many indole derivatives are under development as drug candidates due to their biological properties, which include antiviral, antitumor, antifungal, anti-angiogenic, anticonvulsant and antiparkinsonian activity (Sridhar, Muniyandy & Ramesh, 2001;Sridhar & Sreenivasulu, 2001;Sarangapani & Reddy, 1994;Varma et al., 2004;Pandeya et al., 1999;Aboul-Fadl et al., 2010). Continuing our work on the synthesis of new 5-bromoisatins and the study of their applications (Qachchachi et al., 2013(Qachchachi et al., , 2014Kharbach et al., 2016), we report herein on the synthesis and crystal structure of 5-bromo-1-nonylindoline-2,3-dione.The molecular structure of the title compound is illustrated in Fig. 1. It is composed of an indoline-2,3-dione unit substituted by a Br atom and a nonyl alkyl chain. The indoline ring system and the two ketonic O atoms are virtually coplanar, with an r.m.s. deviation of 0.029 Å ; the largest deviation is 0.059 (1) Å for atom C9. The nonyl chain has an extended conformation and its mean plane is nearly perpendicular to the indoline ring system, as indicated by the C10-C9-N1-C8 torsion angle of 89.85 (15) .