Abstract: | Starting from 3-bromo-, 1-iodo- and 4-iodo-9-oxo-fluorene three symmetrical bifluorenonyls and the corresponding hydrocarbons 3,3′-, 1,1′- and 4,4′-bifluorenyls are prepared. An attempt to obtain the non-symmetrical 1,2′-bifluorenyl is also described. |