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A convenient synthesis of 1, n-bis-[4-chloromethylphenyl] alkanes

JA Butcher, HR Hinz, EJ Parsons, J Peyser

Index: Butcher, Jared A.; Hinz, Hellmuth R.; Parsons, Edith J.; Peyser, John Tetrahedron Letters, 1984 , vol. 25, # 48 p. 5481 - 5482

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Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... Both 1,12-bis-[4-chloromethylphenyl]dodecane and the tetradecane homolog are prepared from p-toluic acid and an α,ω-dibromoalkane in ∼35% yield free from contamination by the non-parasubstituted isomers. ... Low yields (<50%/2 wks) of the diethyl ester can be obtained by standard ...