Methanol → 5,6-Dibromo-4,7-dimethyl-1,4-epoxy-1,4-dihydronaphthalene

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To tetrabromo para-xylene (2.1 g, 5.0 mmol) and furan (4 g, 58.8 mmol) in PhMe (55 mL) at −78° C. was added BuLi (2.2 mL, 2.5M in hexanes, 5.5 mmol) dropwise. The reaction was stirred for two hours at −78° C. and the allowed to warm to rt. After 3 hours, MeOH (2 mL) was added and the reaction mixture was poured into water. The organic layer was separated and the aqueous layer was extracted three times with Et2O. The combined organic layers were washed with brine, dried over MgSO4, and concentrated. Flash chromatography on silica gel gave 26 (185 mg, 50%) as a white solid. The spectral data correlates well with the literature values.22

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