Çakmak, Ömer; Tutar, Ahmet
(AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2006)
An efficient synthesis is described for hexabromoanthracenes 3 and 4 by direct brom nation of 9,10-dibromoanthrecene 2. Whereas base-induced elimination of hexabromide 3 with t-BuOK gave 2,3,9,10-tetrabromoanthracene 5, ...