6-Bromo-8-(trifluoromethyl)-2,3,4,9-tetrahydro-1H-carbazol-1-one → 1-Oxo-8-(trifluoromethyl)-2,3,4,9-tetrahydro-1H-carbazole-6-carbonitrile

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6-Bromo-8-(trifluoromethyl)-2,3,4,9-tetrahydro-1H-carbazol-1-one (600 mg, 1.8 mmol) and CuCN (480 mg, 5.4 mmol) were mixed together in NMP (6 mL) and stirred at 210° C. under N2 atmosphere for 15 h. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature, diluted with water (20 mL) and filtered through a pad of Celite®. The aqueous layer was extracted with EtOAc (3×50 mL). The combined organic extracts were dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated in vacuo to obtain the crude material which was purified by washing with 10% EtOAc-hexane to afford the title compound as a pale brown solid (400 mg, 80%). 1H NMR (200 MHz, CDCl3, δ in ppm) 9.26 (bs, 1H), 8.22 (s, 1H), 7.86-7.90 (m, 1H), 3.09 (t, J=12.0 Hz, 2H), 2.77-2.70 (m, 2H), 2.40-2.31 (m, 2H). IR cm−1 2240 (CN)

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