Patent ID: 7468452

Claim:
A method of making a compound having structure (I): the method comprising: reacting with a lithium compound in the presence of tetrahydrofuran, an alkyl or aryl substituted tetrahydrofuran, tetrahydropyran, an alkyl or aryl substituted tetrahydropyran or ethylene glycol dimethyl ether to form reacting Compound 1 with in the presence of tetrahydrofuran, an alkyl or aryl substituted tetrahydrofuran, tetrahydropyran, an alkyl or aryl substituted tetrahydropyran or ethylene glycol dimethyl ether to form and reacting Compound 2 with R 3 X to form the compound of structure (I), wherein: R 1 and R 2 are independently a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group; R 3 is an alkyl, an alkenyl or a substituted silyl group, any of which having up to 20 carbon atoms; R 4A and R 4B are independently a hydrocarbyl group having up to 12 carbon atoms, or hydrogen; X is fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, or para-toluenesulfonate.