The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Base-catalyzed halogen dance reaction at thiophenes: a spectroscopic reinvestigation of the synthesis of 2, 5-dibromo-3-(trimethylsilyl) thiophene

H Froehlich, W Kalt

Index: Froehlich, Hannes; Kalt, Wolfram Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1990 , vol. 55, # 10 p. 2993 - 2995

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Abstract

Summary: Reacting 2, 5-dibromothiophene with LDA and quenching with trimethylsilyl chloride yielded 3, 5-di-bromo-2-(trimethylsilyl) thiophene (8) and not the title compound 2, 5- dibromo-3-(trimethylsilyl) thiophene (7a)-an interesting starting material for polythiophene synthesis-as claimed in the literat~ re.~+~*~