Bromine → 2-Bromo-4-methoxy-5-methyl-indan-1-one

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To a stirred solution of 4-Methoxy-5-methyl-indan-1-one (5.0 gm, 0.0284 mole) in Acetic acid (65 ml) and Hydrobromic acid (1 ml), a solution of Bromine (1.47 ml, 0.0284 mole) in 5 ml Acetic acid was added at 10-20° C. The reaction mixture was stirred at 20-25° C. for an hour. Then it was poured into saturated solution of Sodium bicarbonate and extracted with Diethyl ether (3×100 ml). The organic layer was dried over Sodium sulphate, distilled under vacuum to give crude product which was purified over column chromatography using Ethyl acetate:Hexane (5:95) as a mobile phase. The collected fractions were distilled to give 3.2 gm of desired product as a viscous oil.

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