Magnesium → HCID 178444579, compound

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6.2 g (20 mmol) of 4-bromo-2,2'-difluoro-4'-propylbiphenyl was dripped into a mixture of 0.5 g of magnesium (21 mmol) and 50 ml of THF to obtain a Grignard's reagent. This solution was then dripped into a 50 ml THF solution of 4.0 g (20 mmol) of 4-n-pentyl-1-methoxy-1-silacyclohexane to obtain 4'-(trans-4-n-pentyl-1-silacyclohexyl)-2,2'-difluoro-4-propylbiphenyl. The silacyclohexane rings of this product were a mixture of trans isomers and cis isomers. They were separated by means of chromatography to obtain 6.4 g of the trans isomers (yield 80%).

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