Benzene → HCID 54565929, compound

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Benzene (80 ml) was added to (-methoxyimino-2-methylphenylacetonitrile (isomer A)(4.0 g, 23 mmol) and N-bromosuccinimide (4.9 g, 28 mmol), and the mixture was heated under reflux for 1 hour in the presence of 2,2'-azobis(isobutyronitrile) (190 mg, 1.2 mmol) as a radical initiator. After allowing the mixture to stand for cooling, n-hexane (100 ml) was added, and the mixture was allowed to stand overnight, and the resulting insoluble materials were filtered off. The filtrate was concentrated to dryness under reduced pressure and purified by column chromatography on silica gel (ethyl acetate/n-hexane) to give 2-bromomethyl-α-methoxyiminophenyl-acetonitrile (4.4 g, 76%) as an oil.

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