Author(s): Jiao Jiajun and Li Guozhen
Pages: 744-748
Year: 1991 Issue:  6
Journal: Journal of East China University of Science and Technology(Natural Science Edition)
Keyword:  liquid crystal; chirality; synthesis; (+)-4-(2-methylbutyl)-4'-cyanobiphenyl (CB-15); (+)-2-methylbutyl-p-toluenesulfonate; (+)-4-(2-methylbutyl)biphenyl; (+)-4-Iodo-4'-(2-methylbutyl)biphenyl;
Abstract: CB-15 was prepared from ( + )-2-methylbutyl-p-toluenesulfonate by Grignard reaction, Iodation and cyanation. The yield is 15%. The mechanism of substitution reaction between ( + )-2-methylbutyl-p-toluenesulfonate with biphenyl magnasium bromide was also discussed.