1,3-Diphenylisobenzofuran → 3-Bromo-7,12-diphenylbenzo[k]fluoranthene

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200 ml of xylene was added to a mixture of 5-bromoacenaphthylene (14.5 g, 62.8 mmol) and diphenylisobenzofuran (17.1 g, 63.3 mmol), and stirred for 5 hours under reflux of xylene. The mixture obtained was cooled to room temperature, and thereafter the solvent was distilled off, and 26 ml of trifluoroacetic anhydride and 260 ml of chloroform were added thereto and stirred for 1 hour under reflux. The mixture obtained was cooled to room temperature, and thereafter the solvent was distilled off, and then the resultant residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (mobile phase; toluene:heptane=1:3) to produce as a yellow solid 16 g of 4-bromo-7,12-diphenylbenzo[k]fluoranthene.

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