Isoindole

In organic chemistry and heterocyclic chemistry, isoindole consists of a benzene ring fused with pyrrole. The compound is an isomer of indole. Its reduced form is isoindoline. The parent isoindole is a rarely encountered in the technical literature, but substituted derivatives are useful commercially and occur naturally. Isoindoles units occur in phthalocyanines, an important family of dyes. Some alkaloids containing isoindole have been isolated and characterized.

Isoindole
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
2H-Isoindole
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
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UNII
  • InChI=1S/C8H7N/c1-2-4-8-6-9-5-7(8)3-1/h1-6,9H Y
    Key: VHMICKWLTGFITH-UHFFFAOYSA-N Y
  • InChI=1/C8H7N/c1-2-4-8-6-9-5-7(8)3-1/h1-6,9H
    Key: VHMICKWLTGFITH-UHFFFAOYAW
  • c1cccc2c1c[nH]c2
Properties
C8H7N
Molar mass 117.15 g/mol
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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