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Efficient Synthesis of 3,6-Dialkylcarbazole-1-formaldehyde and 3,6-Dialkylcarbazole-1,8-diformaldehyde

  • Yu Zhao ,
  • Yang Liu ,
  • Xinxin Wang ,
  • Yingying Hong ,
  • Yingxiu Man ,
  • Jinjun Wang ,
  • Jiazhu Li
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  • a College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yantai University, Yantai, Shandong 264005
    b Department of Food & Biological Engineering, Wenjing College, Yantai University, Yantai, Shandong 264005
*Corresponding authors.E-mail: ;

Received date: 2021-01-03

  Revised date: 2021-01-26

  Online published: 2021-02-26

Supported by

National Natural Science Foundation of China(51472212); and the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province(ZR2015BQ012)

Abstract

The currently reported synthesis methods of carbazole-1-formaldehyde or carbazole-1,8-diformaldehyde have some drawbacks, such as long synthetic steps with low yield, high toxicity of reagents, or high risk of operation, which affected the progress of synthesis and application of subsequent derivatives. In this work, the 9-NH of bromocarbazole was protected by 2-(trimethylsilyl)ethoxymethyl chloride (SEMCl), the subsequent formylation was successfully accomplished by n-butyllithium/N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) instead of tert-butyllithium/DMF to reduce the risk of operation process. Finally, a safe and efficient method that is more suitable for large-scale preparation of 3,6-dialkylcarbazole-1-formaldehyde or 1,8-diformaldehyde was developed. In addition, the reactivity of carbazole-1-formaldehyde or 1,8-diformaldehyde was explored, and a series of tridentate or bidentate ligands were successfully prepared.

Cite this article

Yu Zhao , Yang Liu , Xinxin Wang , Yingying Hong , Yingxiu Man , Jinjun Wang , Jiazhu Li . Efficient Synthesis of 3,6-Dialkylcarbazole-1-formaldehyde and 3,6-Dialkylcarbazole-1,8-diformaldehyde[J]. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2021 , 41(6) : 2435 -2444 . DOI: 10.6023/cjoc202101001

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