N-bromobutanimide → HCID 69585501, compound

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In a 25 ml round-bottom flask, N-bromosuccinimide (236 mg, 1.3 mmol) and azobis(cyclohexanecarbonitrile) (33 mg, 0.14 mmol) were added to a solution of 3-methoxymethoxy-2-methyl-benzoic acid methyl ester (265 mg, 1.26 mmol) in carbon tetrachloride (6.5 ml). The reaction was heated to reflux with stirring for 3.5 hours. The volatiles were removed in vacuo and the residue purified by silica gel chromatography using a mixture of hexanes/ethyl acetate (9:1) as eluent, which afforded 364 mg (100%) of 2-bromomethyl-3-methoxymethoxy-benzoic acid methyl ester as a solid.

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