2-Bromo-5-chlorophenol serves as a starting material to synthesize 4-chloro-2'-hydroxy-[1,1'-biphenyl]-2-yl trifluoromethanesulfonate in combination with (2-methoxyphenyl) boronic acid[1].
References
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Zhang, W., Yang, W., Zhao, W. (2020). Lewis Acid Mediated Electrophilic Cyanation of 2,2′-Biphenols. The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 85(13), 8702–8713. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.0c00458