Carbazole → HCID 5147738, compound

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Compound (15) can be prepared according to the following procedure. Carbazole (16.7 g, 0.1 mol, commercially available from Aldrich, Milwaukee, Wis.), 1-bromopentane (15.1 g, 0.1 mol, commercially available from Aldrich, Milwaukee, Wis.), and benzyltriethyl ammonium chloride (1.7 g) are dissolved in tetrahydrofuran (60 mL) and a concentrated solution of sodium hydroxide (17 g) in water (17 mL) is added. The mixture is heated at reflux with strong mechanical stirring for 4 hours, then cooled to room temperature and poured into an excess of water. The solid that precipitated is filtered off and the tetrahydrofuran layer is dried (MgSO4) and concentrated to dryness. The combined organic solids were recrystallized to form 9-pentylcarbazole.

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