Water → 8-Formyl-6,6-dimethyl-11-oxo-6,11-dihydro-5H-benzo[b]carbazole-3-carbonitrile

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To the THF (24 ml) and distilled water (6 ml) suspension of 6,6-dimethyl-11-oxo-8-vinyl-6,11-dihydro-5H-benzo[b]carbazole-3-carbonitrile (Compound B2-24, 600 mg, 1.920 mmol), t-butanol solution of osmium tetraoxide (192 μl, 0.1 eq.) and sodium meta periodate (821 mg, 2.0 eq.) were added and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 3 hr. Aqueous solution of sodium thiosulfate (0.3 M) was added to the solution, which was then extracted with an ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with 10% aqueous solution of disodium ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid. The organic layer was dried over sodium sulfate. The drying agent was removed by filtration and the residues obtained after concentration under reduced pressure were purified by silica gel column chromatography (ethyl acetate/hexane) to obtain the title compound (470 mg, 77%).

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