p-Toluenesulfonic acid → 1,1',1''-[2-(4-Bromophenyl)ethene-1,1,2-triyl]tribenzene

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This compound was prepared following previously published procedures. See M. Banerjee, J. Org. Chem, 2007, 72, 8054. 1-(4-Bromophenyl)-1,2,2-triphenylethanol (5) was obtained as an intermediate in the reaction as a white solid, whose dehydration was carried out in toluene in the presence of TsOH. After being washed by hexane, the crude product was purified on a silica-gel column using petroleum ether as an eluent. A white solid was obtained in 82.1% yield.

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