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! Xylene bromination: http://www.orgsyn.org/demo.aspx?prep=... Dibenzo[a,e]cyclooctene synthesis: http://www.orgsyn.org/demo.aspx?prep=... More information about NBS bromination: https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelv... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wohl%E2... Synthesis of some complexes with the ligand (where I got structure from): doi:10.1016/j.ica.2007.12.007