Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 21548600, compound

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Following a procedure similar to that of Example 35B but using 0.84 g. sodium hydride, 50 ml. of dry dimethylformamide, 9.1 g. of benzyl 6-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrocarbazole-4-carboxylate, and 4.4 g. of benzoyl chloride, but eliminating the 1% aqueous hydrochloric acid wash subsequent to the bicarbonate wash, there was obtained 8.5 g. of the title compound which was purified by suspension in hot isopropyl alcohol, filtration, followed by suspension in, and filtration from, ether; m.p. 119°-121°C.

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