1-Bromopentane → HCID 178447733, compound

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3.0 g (20 mmol) of n-pentyl bromide 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 7.8 g (20 mmol) of 4'-(4-chloro-4-silacyclohexyl)-3,5-difluoro-4-difluoromethoxybiphenyl to obtain 4'-(trans-4-n-pentyl-4-silacyclohexyl)-3,5-difluoro-4-difluoromethoxybiphenyl. The silacyclohexane rings of this product were a mixture of trans and cis isomers. They were separated by means of chromatography to obtain 6.6 g of the trans isomer (yield 82%).

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