Making Dibenzo[a,e]cyclooctene - an Emerging Ligand?

In this video I am synthesizing the ligand dibenzo[a,e[cyclooctene, employing various methods including cold finger sublimation to purify the products! Support my channel with patreon: Xylene bromination: Dibenzo[a,e]cyclooctene synthesis: More information about NBS bromination: :_Organic_Chemistry_(Smith)/13:_Radical_Reactions/:_Radical_Halogenation_at_an_Allylic_Carbon –Ziegler_bromination Synthesis of some complexes with the ligand (where I got structure from): doi: