Benzyl Bromide → HCID 18671682, compound

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8-Fluoro-1,2,3,9-tetrahydro-4H-carbazol-4-one (2.23 g, 0.011 mol) is added to a slurry of pentane-washed NaH (0.59 g, 0.015 mol) in DMF (18 mL) and after stirring for 20 min, benzyl bromide (1.7 mL, 0.014 mol) is added. The mixture is stirred for 1 h at which time the mixture is partitioned between water and ethyl acetate. The combined organic layers are dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated to dryness. The resulting residue is chromatographed on silica gel (200 mL) using methanol/dichloromethane (1/99). The solids are then recrstallized from ethyl acetate/dichloromethane/hexane to give 2.25 g (70%) of the title compound; mp 183-184° C.; MS (ESI−) for C19H16FNO m/z 292.1 (M−H)−; IR (drift) 1639, 1631, 1495, 1459, 1434, 1359, 1246, 1219, 1193, 1125, 798, 789, 736, 730, 698 cm−1; 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ2.23, 2.58, 2.87, 5.51, 6.92, 7.03, 7.16, 7.29, 8.07. Anal. Calcd for C19H16FNO: C, 77.80; H, 5.50; N, 4.78. Found: C, 77.58; H, 5.59; N, 4.79.

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