Potassium Carbonate → HCID 23432392, compound

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A mixture of 4'-hydroxy-4-cyanobiphenyl (7.8 g, 40 mmol), potassium carbonate (8.3 g, 60 mmol), 1,6-dibromohexane (29.8 g, 120 mmol), and acetone (80 milliliters ("mL")) was heated to reflux for 6 hours ("h") under a nitrogen atmosphere. The acetone was concentrated and the residue dissolved in ether-dichloromethane (4:1, 400 mL). The solution was filtered through glass fiber. The filtrate was washed with water and brine, dried over magnesium sulfate, and concentrated. Excess 1,6-dibromohexane was removed by Kugelrohr distillation up to 75° C. at 0.1 mm Hg. The material remaining in the pot was recrystallized from ethanol (100 mL), filtered while hot, and cooled in the freezer to give crystals of the 4'-(6-bromohexyloxy)-4-cyanobiphenyl (9.6 g, 67%): melting point ("mp") 65.5-66° C., nematic mesophase at 63° C. in cooling; NMR (CDCl3) 7.55(s, 4H), 7.49(d, 2H), 6.82(d, 2H), 3.91(t, 2H), 2.0-1.3(m, 8H); IR (CH2Cl2) 2222, 1602 cm-1.

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