Butyl bromide → 2,7-Dibromo-9,9-dibutyl-9H-fluorene

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2,7-Dibromofluorene (32.4 g, 0.1 mole), n-butyl bromide (75 g, 0.55 mole), tetra-n-butylammonium chloride (1.5 g) and 50 percent aqueous NaOH solution were stirred vigorously at 80° C. for 1 hour. The reaction mixture was allowed to cool to room temperature and extracted with ether. The ether extracts were washed with water and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. Removal of solvent gave a yellow solid which was recrystallized from 400 mL of ethanol to provide 9,9-di-n-butyl-2,7-dibromofluorene as colorless crystals (42 g, 96 percent yield), melting point 120.5° C. to 121.5° C. HPLC analysis showed that the product had a purity of 99.5 percent and the proton and carbon-13 NMR were consistent with the title structure.

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