Methanol → HCID 118253614, compound

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In a 3000 ml three-necked flask that had been degassed and filled with nitrogen, 19.9 g (42 mmol) of 3-(biphenyl-2-yl)-6-bromo-9-phenyl-9H-carbazole was dissolved in anhydrous dichloromethane (1000 ml), 68.2 g (420 mmol) Iron(III) chloride was then added, and the mixture was stirred 10 minutes. Methanol 300 ml were added to the mixture and the organic layer was separated and the solvent removed in vacuo. The residue was purified by column chromatography on silica(hexane-dichloromethane) afforded a white solid (14.5 g, 30.7 mmol, 73%).

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