N-bromobutanimide → Methyl 2-(bromomethyl)-6-methylbenzoate

HRID 1195047Notes

Reaction equation

[CH3:1][C:2]1[CH:11]=[CH:10][CH:9]=[C:8]([CH3:12])[C:3]=1[C:4]([O:6][CH3:7])=[O:5].[Br:13]N1C(=O)CCC1=O>>[Br:13][CH2:1][C:2]1[CH:11]=[CH:10][CH:9]=[C:8]([CH3:12])[C:3]=1[C:4]([O:6][CH3:7])=[O:5]

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 67184N-bromobutanimide

HCID 519028Methyl 2,6-dimethylbenzoate

Product 1

HCID 10263795Methyl 2-(bromomethyl)-6-methylbenzoate

Procedure

Reaction of methyl 2,6-dimethylbenzoate with N-bromosuccinimide as described in Example 1a provides methyl 2-bromomethyl-6-methylbenzoate as an oil.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-9e6b711e4be14df0a92ef805060fdd0e
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1989_03
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US04816591

Reaction notes

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