Water → ethyl 2-carbazol-9-ylacetate

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To a solution containing carbazole (20 g; 0.12 mol) in DMF (130 ml) was added portionwise sodium hydride (50% suspension) (6.9 g; 0.14 mol); the suspension thus obtained was stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes and then heated to 60° C. A solution containing ethyl 2-bromoacetate (24 g; 0.14 mol) in DMF (20 ml) was added dropwise, and the resulting mixture was stirred for 16 hours. The mixture was poured into H2O (0.5 L) and filtered, and the solid obtained was crystallized from hexane to give ethyl 9H-carbazol-9-ylacetate (20 g).

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