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HRID 1597734Generated: October 30, 2026

Carbazole → N-Benzylcarbazole

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantCarbazoleHCID 6854—
ReactantBenzyl ChlorideHCID 7503—
ReactantPotassium CarbonateHCID 11430—
ReactantPotassium HydroxideHCID 14797—
CatalystTetrabutylammonium hydrogen sulfateHCID 94433—
SolventTolueneHCID 1140—
ProductN-BenzylcarbazoleHCID 14648587.3%

Reaction Steps

20 g (119.6 mmol) of carbazole, 47 g (712.0 mmol) of 85% KOH, 26.5 g (191.7 mmol) of potassium carbonate, 4.0 g (11.8 mmol) of tetra-n-butylammonium hydrogensulfate, 17.0 g (134.3 mmol) of benzyl chloride and 300 ml of toluene were allowed to react and after treated in the same manner as with Example 7 (1) to obtain 26.88 g of 9-benzylcarbazole.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS05736284
Source datasetuspto-grants-1998_04
ORD IDord-aab5f63b8df348529708c5acc16debe0
Source noteuspto-grants-1998_04