Sodium Carbonate → 4,4"-Dihydroxyterphenyl

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A 1-1 V2A stainless steel vessel equipped with a horseshoe stirrer was charged with 600 g of potassium hydroxide and 60 g of sodium carbonate, and 250 g of the crude product described under (a) were added at 300° C a little at a time over 2 hours. The temperature was raised to 330° C, and the contents were stirred for 3 hours. The contents were then cooled down in a controlled manner by addition of water, diluted with a total of 1.6 1 of water and filtered with suction. The residue was suspended in 2 l of water, and the suspension was acidified with concentrated hydrochloric acid, heated to 90° C and filtered with suction while still hot. The residue was dried and recrystallized from N,N-dimethylformamide. Purity (HPLC) 99.8%; yield: 102.0 g (74% based on terphenyl).

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