- Isoindole
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IUPACName=2"H"-Isoindole
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Section1= Chembox Identifiers
CASNo=270-68-8
PubChem=3013853
SMILES=C1=CC2=CNC=C2C=C1
Section2= Chembox Properties
Formula=C8H7N
MolarMass=117.15 g/mol
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Section3= Chembox Hazards
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Autoignition=Isoindole in
heterocyclic chemistry is a benzo fusedpyrrole . [Heterocyclic chemistry T.L. Gilchrist ISBN 0852014220] The compound is anisomer ofindole and its reduced form is anisoindoline .In solution its
tautomer without full aromaticity over the whole ring system is predominant:Fact|date=February 2008:
and therefore the compound resembles a
pyrrole more than a simpleimine . Isoindoles are building blocks forphthalocyanine s which are relevant as dyesIsoindole-1,3-diones
The commercially important
phthalimide is an isoindole-1,3-dione with twocarbonyl groups attached to the heterocyclic ring.Thalidomide is an infamous drug based on this framework.See also
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Isoindene with nitrogen replaced by amethylene group.References
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