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

HRID 978184Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 978184 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 of filtration.

Workup

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

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-a08f3d0bb48a4445836fcea6f8a2ee1d
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1987_05
Patent number
US04663425

Reaction notes

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