“…From these pioneering works, some minor variations in this synthesis of 867 have been described. Some authors first dissolve phen in sulfuric acid then add sodium bromide and then nitric acid (refs , , , − , , , ), others first mixed phen with potassium or sodium bromide and cool down the mixture before adding sulfuric acid and nitric acid at −78 (refs , , , , ) or 0 °C (refs , , , , , ,, , , , − ,,, , , , − , , , , ), and others cool the sulfuric acid solution at 0 or −78 °C and add a mixture of phen and KBr or NaBr then add nitric acid (refs , , , , , , , , − ). Other reports advise to cool the sulfuric acid and nitric acid at 0 °C before phen and NaBr are added to the mixture and heated, , or some directly prepare the phen and KBr solid mixture and add the latter to the acidic mixture before heating. , Finally, some authors first dissolved phen in sulfuric acid then add potassium bromide; in this case, no nitric acid was used before heating the reaction. , …”