[Br:1]Br.[Cl:3][C:4]1[CH:9]=[CH:8][C:7]([C:10](=[O:16])[CH2:11][CH2:12][CH2:13][CH2:14][CH3:15])=[CH:6][CH:5]=1>C(OCC)C>[Br:1][CH:11]([CH2:12][CH2:13][CH2:14][CH3:15])[C:10]([C:7]1[CH:6]=[CH:5][C:4]([Cl:3])=[CH:9][CH:8]=1)=[O:16]Bromine (0.02 mol) was added dropwise to a stirred solution of 4'-chlorohexanophenone (0.02 mol) in dry diethyl ether (20 ml) at 10°-20° over one hour. The ether was then removed in vacuo from the reaction mixture to leave a pale-yellow liquid which on distillation gave 2-bromo-4'-chlorohexanophenone, b.p. 124°-126°/0.04 mm Hg.
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