HCID 14746277, compound → HCID 14746282, compound

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Reaction Steps

5 g 1-(3',5'-dibromo-4-acetoxyphenyl)ethanol are dissolved in 50 g of toluene, to which mixture are added 0.25 g of anhydrous copper(II)sulfate.The mixture is refluxed for 2 hours and the toluene then removed on a rotary evaporator. A yellow oil remains which after recrystallization frompetrol ether yields 2.9 g of 3,5-dibromo-4-hydroxystyrene as white crystals, mp. 75° C.

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