Butyl bromide → 2,7-Dibromo-9,9-dibutyl-9H-fluorene

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2,7-Dibromofluorene (32.4 g, 0.1 mole), n-butyl bromide (75 g, 0.55 mole), tetra-n-butylammonium chloride (1.5 g) and 50 percent aqueous NaOH solution are stirred vigorously at 80° C. for 1 hour. The reaction mixture is allowed to cool to room temperature and extracted with ether. The ether extracts are washed with water and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. Removal of solvent gives a yellow solid which is recrystallized from 400 mL of ethanol to provide 9,9-di-n-butyl-2,7-dibromofluorene as colorless crystals (42 g, 96 percent yield), melting point 120.5° C to 121.5° C. HPLC analysis shows that the product has a purity of 99.5 percent and the proton and carbon-13 NMR are consistent with the title structure.

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