Two Efficient Routes to m-Terphenyls from 1,3-Dichlorobenzenes
- 31 December 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Georg Thieme Verlag KG in Synthesis
- Vol. 1996 (12) , 1455-1458
- https://doi.org/10.1055/s-1996-4426
Abstract
In the first route 2,6-dichlorophenyllithium (5), prepared by direct lithiation of 1,3-dichlorobenzene, reacted with aryl Grignard reagents to give m-terphenyls in 57-93% yields (Table 1); the methodology was extended to substituted 1,3-dichlorobenzenes (i.e. 8 → 10). Also, reaction of 5 with MgCl2 gave 2,6-dichlorophenylmagnesium chloride which, on warming, produced the self-capture product tetrachloro-m-terphenyl 7 in moderate yield. In the second route, reaction of 1,3-dichlorobenzene with excess of aryllithium in diethyl ether at room temperature gave the corresponding m-terphenyls in 59-94% yields (Table 2). Examples are given in which the aryllithium was prepared by three different routes (ArX+Li, ArX+t-BuLi, ArH+BuLi).Keywords
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