“…The organic layer was combined, washed with brine, and dried over anhydrous Na 2 SO 4 .S olvent was removed and the residue was purified by column chromatography (hexane/ethyl acetate = 10:1, R f = 0.7) to afford 7 as ac olorless liquid (2.16 g, 13 mmol). [26] 2,6-Bis(bromomethyl)-4-methoxy-1,1'-biphenyl (2 a):T oasolution of 9 (1.4 g, 6.6 mmol) in benzene (50 mL), N-bromosuccinimide (2.35 g, 13.2 mmol) and azobisisobutyronitrile (108 mg, 0.66 mmol) were added, and the reaction mixture was heated to reflux for 2h. [24] 1,3-Bis(bromomethyl)-2,5-dimethoxybenzene (1 a):T oasolution of 7 (1.66 g, 10 mmol) in benzene (40 mL), N-bromosuccinimide (3.56 g, 20 mmol) and azobisisobutyronitrile (164.21 mg, 1mmol) were added and the reaction mixture was heated to reflux for 3h.…”