The intramolecular oxidative Csp(2)-Csp(3) coupling of N-substituted acetoacetanilides was achieved by using Ag2O as the oxidant. The reaction constitutes a convenient approach toward 3-acetyloxindoles from unfunctionalized acetoacetanilides.
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Yu et al. (2010) studied this question.