2-Bromopentane → 2-Bromo-4-methylheptane

HRID 487516

Reaction equation

[CH3:1][CH:2]([CH2:7][CH2:8][CH3:9])[CH2:3][CH:4](O)[CH3:5].P(Br)(Br)[Br:11].BrC(CCC)C>>[Br:11][CH:4]([CH2:3][CH:2]([CH3:1])[CH2:7][CH2:8][CH3:9])[CH3:5]

Participants

Reactant 3

HCID 78902-Bromopentane

HCID 24614Phosphorus tribromide

HCID 1433454-Methyl-2-heptanol

Product 1

HCID 153324532-Bromo-4-methylheptane

Procedure

17.50 g (0.135 mol) of 4-methylheptan-2-ol (3) was treated with PBr3 (13.48 g, 0.050 mol) as described above in the manufacture of 2-bromopentane (2). The product was purified by distillation at 165°-185° C. to yield 2-bromo-4methylheptane (4).

Workup

distillationThe product was purified by distillation at 165°-185° C.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-e572b6fa4472487d82d0ff6de4893ed8
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1994_03
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US05296220

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