Acrylonitrile → HCID 14251393, compound

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21.2 g (0.1 mol) 3-nitrocarbazole were suspended in 250 ml benzene in a three-necked flask equipped with stirrer, condenser and thermometer and present in an oil-bath, then mixed with 50 ml acrylonitrile, heated to 50°C and, after the addition of two drops of benzyl trimethyl ammonium hydroxide, reacted for two hours at 70°C, while stirring. After evaporation of the reaction mixture and recrystallization of the residue from aqueous acetone, there were obtained 22 g 9-(β-cyanoethyl)-3-nitrocarbazole, which was further worked up directly.

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