“…The reactions of isatin and its derivatives with Grignard reagents have been studied by Kohn and coworkers (238,239,242,243,244), by Myers and Lindwall (310), and by other workers (205,369,370,373,381,387,389) Grignard reagents isatin yields the corresponding 3-alkyl (or aryl)-3-hydroxyoxindoles (I). Kohn (243) found that when phenylmagnesium bromide and IV-methylisatin were allowed to react in equimolecular proportions the analogous l-methyl-3-phenyl-3-hydroxyoxindole (II) was obtained.…”