2,3-Dichloro-5,6-dicyano-1,4-benzoquinone → HCID 21923227, compound

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DDQ (1.35 g, 5.95 mmol) was added to solution of 5-cyano-1,2,3,4,5,10-hexahydrocyclopenta[a]carbazole-4-carboxylate (820 mg, 2.66 mmol) in toluene (12 mL). The solution immediately turned dark brown, and was stirred at 60° C. for 3 hr. The mixture was cooled to 20° C. overnight and filtered. The precipitate was rinsed twice with hexanes to give 2.04 g of a light green solid. This was suspended in methanol (8 mL), filtered, and the precipitate rinsed with methanol (3 mL, in portions), and ether to give 603 mg (75% yield) of product as a light green solid, mp 233–234° C. NMR (CDCl3) δ 8.80 (d, 1H), 8.20 (s, 1H), 7.52 (m, 2H), 7.38 (t, 1H), 4.52 (q, 2H), 3.42 (t, 2H), 3.19 (t, 2H), 2.31 (quintet, 2H), 1.51 (t, 3H). Anal. Calcd for C19H16N2O2-0.2H2O: C, 74.11; H, 5.37; N, 9.10. Found: C, 74.03; H, 5.06; N, 9.04.

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