Aniline → 2,3,4,9-tetrahydro-1H-carbazol-1-one

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2,3,4,9-Tetrahydro-1H-carbazol-1-one was prepared from aniline and 2-(hydroxymethylene)cyclohexanone in a similar manner as described in Example 1 to give a brown solid. 1H-NMR (DMSO-d6): δ 11.6 (s, 1H), 7.66 (d, 1H), 7.38 (d, 1H), 7.30 (t, 1H), 7.07 (t, 1H), 2.90 (t, 2H), 2.56 (t, 2H), 2.15 (quint, 2H); MS m/z 186 (M+1).

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