“…In general, N-alkyl isoindigo compounds are prepared by the reaction alkyl halides with isoindigo in the presence of potassium carbonate under thermal conditions (100 °C) [22]. In addition, the reaction of haloalkyl isatins with tris(diethylamino)phosphine at low temperature (-60 °C) forms isoindigo compounds with two haloalkyl functional groups [23][24][25]. Due to the wisespread applications of substituted isoindigos, we investigated the breadth of N,N'-disubstituted analogs, with subsequent reactions to extend the catalogue of possible derivatives -this included an array of chains or rings bearing bromo, chloro, nitrile, benzyl ether, allyl, alkene, cyclohexene, and cyclohexane.…”