1,6-Dibromohexane → HCID 15067934, compound

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Using the same procedure as in Example I, tetraisopropyl methane diphosphonic acid was converted to tetraisopropyl cycloheptane-1,1-diphosphonate by reaction with 1,6-dibromohexane at 80° C. for 18 h. 31P NMR (toluene) indicated that the reaction solution contained a mixture of the desired tetraisopropyl cycloheptane-1,1-diphosphonate (25.3 ppm) and octaisopropyl octane-1,1,8,8-tetraphosphonate (22.1 ppm). The compounds were separated by chromatography (1:1 hexane:THF eluent) on silica gel, and the desired ester was hydrolyzed using 6N refluxing hydrochloric acid as in Example I.

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