2-Iodo-3-nitrotoluene → 2,2'-Dinitro-6,6'-dimethylbiphenyl

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In an eggplant flask having a ground-in stopper and equipped with a condenser were charged 2-iodo-3-nitrotoluene (6) as obtained in Preparation Example 3 and an equivalent weight of a copper powder, and the content was stirred in an oil bath at 200° C. for 10 hours. The mixture was extracted with benzene by means of a Soxhlet extractor. The solvent was removed from the extract by distillation under reduced pressure, and the resulting crude crystal was recrystallized from 99% ethanol to obtain 6,6'-dimethyl-2,2'-dinitro-1,1'-biphenyl (7) as a black needle-like crystal having a melting point of 107.4° to 108.3° C. in a percent yield of 73%.

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