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Synthesis of carbazoles from N-(N,N-diarylamino)phthalimides with aluminum chloride via diarylnitrenium ions
Kikugawa,Aoki,Sakamoto
, p. 8612 - 8615 (2001)
Generation of diarylnitrenium ions from N-(N,N-diarylamino)phthalimides by treatment with AlCl3 in benzene or in 1,2-dichloroethane leads to formation of carbazoles by intramolecular C-C bond formation. The reaction proceeds in synthetically useful yields.