The Bucherer carbazole synthesis is a chemical reaction used to synthesize carbazoles from 2-naphthols and aryl hydrazines using sodium bisulfite. The reaction is named after Hans Theodor Bucherer.
Reaction mechanism
See also Borsche-Drechsel cyclization Bucherer reaction
References Bucherer, Hans Th.; Seyde, Franz (1908). "Über die Einwirkung schwefligsaurer Salze auf aromatische Amino- und Hydroxylverbindungen". J. Prakt. Chem. (in German). 77 (2): 403–413. doi:10.1002/prac.19080770133. Drake, Nathan L. (1942). "The Bucherer Reaction". In Adams, Roger (ed.). Organic Reactions. Vol. 1. pp. 63–90. doi:10.1002/0471264180.or001.05. ISBN 9780471264187. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)