Carbon tetrabromide → 2-Bromomethyl-3-(2-trimethylsilylethoxymethoxy)-naphthalene

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400 mg (1.30 mmol) of [3-(2-trimethylsilylethoxy-methoxy)-naphthalen-2-yl]-methanol and 462 mg (1.81 mmol) of carbon tetrabromide were dissolved in 5 ml of absolute acetonitrile and the solution was cooled to 0° C. A solution of 446 mg (1.68 mmol) of triphenylphosphine in 6 ml of absolute acetonitrile was added dropwise thereto at 0° C. within 10 minutes and thereafter the mixture was stirred at 0° C. for a further 30 minutes. Subsequently, the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure and, for purification, the crude product was chromatographed, without further working up, on silica gel using a 2:3 mixture of methylene chloride and hexane as the eluent. There were obtained 314 mg (65% of theory) of 2-bromomethyl-3-(2-trimethylsilylethoxymethoxy)-naphthalene as a light yellow oil; MS: 366, 368 (M)+.

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