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

HRID 71704Notes

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-491a4729ede64f0386a987b8ac9d7963
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2014_09
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US08822430B2

Reaction notes

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