Potassium Hydroxide → 4'-(6-Hydroxyhexyloxy)-4-cyanobiphenyl

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To 800 ml of a methanol solution having dissolved therein 34 g (0.514 mol) of potassium hydroxide were added 100 g (0.512 mol) of 4-hydroxy-4'-cyanobiphenyl and 93 g (0.512 mol) of 6-bromo-1-hexanol, and the mixture was heated at reflux for 13 hours. The reaction mixture was poured into ice water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The extract was concentrated under reduced pressure by the use of an evaporator, and the residue was purified by column chromatography using Wakogel C-200 as a carrier and hexane/THF, i.e., tetrahydrofuran as a developing solution to obtain 65 g (yield: 40%) of 4-(6-hydroxyhexyloxy)-4'-cyanobiphenyl.

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