Sodium Hydroxide → HCID 178419796, compound

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A 41.8 g portion of N-(4-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)butyl)benz(cd)indol-2-amine, monohydroiodide was added to a stirred mixture of 500 ml of dichloromethane and 125 ml of 1N sodium hydroxide solution. After 1 hour the layers were separated and the dichloromethane layer dried over sodium sulfated. The sodium sulfate was filtered off and the filtrate evaporated to dryness in vacuo, giving 29 g of the desired compound as a bright orange yellow viscous oil.

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