Finding no report of direct bromination of 2-aminofluorenone, we attempted this reaction at 20" in acetic acid, obtaining 80-857c of a crude product JITI'I, mp (after two crystallizations from benzene) 215.3-2116"; the mixture mp with I1 was not depressed. Anal. Calcd. for C13HsBrNO: N, 5.11. Found: N, 5.09. Rlonoethylation3 of I11 gave I (imp. and mixture mp). Diazotization of 111 and
