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Chemistry Forums for Students => Organic Chemistry Forum => Topic started by: GeorgiaMJ on March 24, 2019, 04:45:00 PM
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So, for organic lab I have to synthesise 9-hexyl-3-bromo-6-nitrocarbazole. In one of my steps , actually my first I need to synthesise carbazole from diphenylamine . The problem is that in the lab Pd(OAc)2 is not available. I searched all the web for an other way to make this step but still I cant find something that doesnt involve Pd(OAC)2. I'm not still so sure about the mechanism of the reaction. So can I use something else instead?
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any other Pd complexes available?
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No :(
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It’s highly unlikely but if you have the catalyst, the following paper might help.
Dehydrocyclization of Diphenylamine to Carbazole over Platinum-Based Bimetallic Catalysts (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1872206710601295)
Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2010, 31 (11–12), 2010, pp 1439-1444
DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(10)60129-5 (https://doi.org/10.1016/S1872-2067(10)60129-5)
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Here are the reported conditions from the whole web, I hope it helps you
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@MollyCooL: I dont think this conditions are usefull.. Having the catalyst is one thing and also heating to 400-500°C as they describe is something not commonly done in chemical labs
GeorgiaMJ: why dont you buy the catalyst? Its not as expensive (Fluorochem has 1g for £ 60,00
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You may try this photo irradiation approach.
This is a reaction I have done for many times.
For my reaction, 1g of diphenylsulfide requires about 20mg I2, 500mL DCM and a quartz flask.
The reaction is completed after 40W UVC bulbs irradiation for 3 hours.
Methyloxirane is an oxidizer to regenerate of I2, but I find out that it is not very important if I let the reaction done under air.
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FYI
The procedure in the attachment is from the supporting info of this paper: [10.1039/c5pp00466g].
By the way, I am the first author and the experiment was done when I was a graduate student.