Potassium Iodide → HCID 21445179, compound

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Reaction Steps

To 31.5 g. (0.07 moles) of 3-[2,4,6-tribromophenoxymethyl]-3-[chloromethyl]oxetane was added pentabromophenol (36 g., 0.074 moles), potassium carbonate (10 g., 0.077 moles), potassium iodide (0.5 g.) and dimethyl formamide (75 ml.). The reactants were stirred in a nitrogen atmosphere and heated to 140°-148° C. for 21/2 hours. The cooled reaction mixture was diluted with 500 ml. of water. The resulting solid 3-[2,4,6-tribromophenoxymethyl]-3-[pentabromophenoxymethyl]oxetane was collected by filtration and washed on the funnel with water and with ethanol. The yield was 48 g. (76%). A small sample recrystallized from dioxane (6 ml./g.) melted at 202°-204° C.

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