Sulfuric Acid → 2,5-Dibromobenzene-1,4-dicarbaldehyde

HRID 580379Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 580379 reaction equation
[Br:1][C:2]1[CH:7]=[C:6]([CH:8](OC(=O)C)[O:9]C(=O)C)[C:5]([Br:17])=[CH:4][C:3]=1[CH:18](OC(=O)C)[O:19]C(=O)C.S(=O)(=O)(O)O>C(O)C.O>[Br:1][C:2]1[CH:7]=[C:6]([CH:8]=[O:9])[C:5]([Br:17])=[CH:4][C:3]=1[CH:18]=[O:19]

Participants

5

Conditions

Temperature
-10 °C

Procedure

Unpurified 2,5-dibromo-α,α,α',α'-tetraacetoxy-1,4-xylene (60.5 g, 0.122 mole) was dissolved with stirring in three liters of hot ethanol. Then 450 ml of water was added followed by 75 ml of concentrated sulfuric acid which was added very slowly. After being allowed to reflux for an hour, the reaction mixture was diluted with 900 ml of hot water. Cooling overnight at -10° C. resulted in the recrystallization of 30.9 g (87% yield) of 2,5-dibromoterephthalaldehyde, mp 184°-189° C. (lit 189°-190.5° C.) which was isolated by filtration.

Workup

  1. additionwas added very slowly
  2. temperatureto reflux for an hour

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-a3ac255917f14e9590b1e52d0854c24b
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1988_06
Patent number
US04752642

Reaction notes

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