Synthesis of alkoxy Meta-Terphenyls using Aryl- Grignards

Subject Areas : Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of all specializations

Mahin Ahmadianarog ^{1 *}

1 - Department of Chemistry, Male.C., Islamic Azad University, Malekan, Iran

Received: 2025-05-17 Accepted : 2025-07-15 Published : 2025-10-19

Keywords: Aryl- Grignard, alkoxy Meta-Terphenyl, diphenyl benzene, tetrahydrofuran,

Abstract :

Considering the application of terphenyl ( di phenyl benzene ) derivatives in the synthesis of cyclophens, star polymers , liquid crystals, plastics, insulating materials, as well as the production of drugs, dyes, pesticides and fungicides, in this research work, we synthesized suitable precursors for the synthesis of phenol ' s ter phenyl derivatives and succeeded in preparing these precursors with an easy , low - cost and high - efficiency method. we prepared Grignard compound ( the aromatic part has an alkoxy group) on 2 , 6- di chloro iodo benzene in refluxing in tetra hydro furan, then hydrolyzing the intermediate formed , which is a suitable precursor for the mentioned  cases. In this research we used metoxy group as alkoxy group in our compounds

In organic chemistry, the alkoxy group is used as a protecting group for some functional groups.

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