Benzoyl Peroxide → HCID 67185680, compound

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A mixture of tert-butyl 4′-methyl-1,1′-biphenyl-4-carboxylate (40.0 g, 0.15 mol), NBS (32.0 g, 0.18 mol) and benzoylperoxide (5.0 g) in CCl4 (600 mL) was heated to reflux for 6 h under N2. After cooling to rt, solid was filtered and concentrated under vacuum to give crude product. The crude solid was washed with PetEther/chloroform to give the title compound as solid (40 g, 78%).

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