4-Bromobenzyl alcohol

Chemical Properties

WHITE TO SLIGHTLY BEIGE CRYSTALS OR CRYST. POWDER

Uses

4-Bromobenzyl alcohol was used in the synthesis of:

• hydroxyl end functionalized, substituted polyfluorene
• amphiphilic, symmetric rod-coil, triblock copolymer of poly(9,9-didodecylfluorene-2,7-diyl) and poly(hydroxyl ethyl methacrylate)

Synthesis Reference(s)

The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 48, p. 3074, 1983 DOI: 10.1021/jo00166a029
Tetrahedron Letters, 36, p. 3169, 1995 DOI: 10.1016/0040-4039(95)00504-6

General Description

4-Bromobenzyl alcohol undergoes three-component reaction with acetylferrocene and arylboronic acid to give ferrocenyl ketones containing biaryls. It undergoes oxidation reaction in the presence of polyvinylpolypyrrolidone-supported hydrogen peroxide, silica sulfuric acid and ammonium bromide to yield 4-bromobenzaldehyde. It undergoes efficient trimethylsilylation reaction with 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexamethyldisilazane in the presence of catalytic amount of aspartic acid in acetonitrile.

Flammability and Explosibility

Not classified