Magnesium → HCID 178447757, compound

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26.9 g (0.1 mol) of 4-bromo-3',4'-difluorobiphenyl was dripped into a mixture of 2.5 g (0.11 mol) of magnesium and 300 ml of THF to obtain a Grignard's reagent. This solution was then dripped into a 500 ml THF solution of 0.5 g of copper (I) chloride and 35.9 g (0.1 mol) of 4-(2-(trans-4-n-pentyl-4-silacyclohexyl)ethyl)cyclohexyl bromide. After a conventional after treatment, 4-(trans-4-(2-(trans-4-n-pentyl-4-silacyclohexyl)ethyl)cyclohexyl)-3',4'-difluorobiphenyl was obtained. The silacyclohexane rings of the product were a mixture of trans isomers and cis isomers. They were separated by means of chromatography to obtain 36.0 g (yield 76.9%) of the trans isomer.

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