Synthesis and Crystal Structure of 2,10-Di-tert-butylindolo[3,2,1-jk]carbazole

The title compound, 2,10-di-tert-butylindolo[3,2,1-jk]carbazole (C26H27N, Mr=353.49), has been synthesized by palladium-catalyzed intramolecular arylation and characterized by 1H NMR, 13C NMR and X-ray crystal structure determination. The crystal crystallizes in the monoclinic system, space group P21/c with a=13.6409(5), b=11.6706(4), c=13.1678(5), β=100.6180(10)°, V=2060.39(13)3 , Z=4, Dc=1.140 mg/m3 , μ=0.065mm-1 , F(000)=760, the final R=0.0456 and wR=0.1209 for 3012 observed reflections (I > 2σ(I)).