4,4'-Dibromo-2,2'-bis-hydroxymethyl-biphenyl → 3,9-Dibromo-5,7-dihydrodibenzo[c,e]oxepine

HRID 417413Notes

Reaction equation

[Br:1][C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][C:5]([C:8]2[CH:13]=[CH:12][C:11]([Br:14])=[CH:10][C:9]=2[CH2:15]O)=[C:4]([CH2:17][OH:18])[CH:3]=1>P(=O)(O)(O)O.O>[Br:14][C:11]1[CH:12]=[CH:13][C:8]2[C:5]3[CH:6]=[CH:7][C:2]([Br:1])=[CH:3][C:4]=3[CH2:17][O:18][CH2:15][C:9]=2[CH:10]=1

Participants

Conditions

Temperature: 160 °C

Procedure

The suspension of (4,4′-dibromo-2′-hydroxymethyl-biphenyl-2-yl)-methanol (460 mg) in phosphoric acid (25 ml) was heated at 160° C. for 4 hours. The mixture was cooled and diluted with water (100 ml), and was extracted with EtOAC. The organic phase was washed with water, saturated sodium bicarbonate, and brine, and was dried with sodium sulfate. Concentration yielded 3,9-dibromo-5,7-dihydro-dibenzo[c,e]oxepine (416 mg).

Workup

temperatureThe mixture was cooled
extractionwas extracted with EtOAC
washThe organic phase was washed with water, saturated sodium bicarbonate, and brine
dry with materialwas dried with sodium sulfate
concentrationConcentration

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-09a9616737694472875d4021eeae5b61
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2012_01
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US08088368B2

Reaction notes

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