Water → 1-(2-Amino-5-bromophenyl)ethan-1-one

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To a mixture of 1-(2-aminophenyl)ethanone (5.0 g, 0.037 mol) in dichloromethane (60 mL) was added NBS (7.3 g, 0.04 mol). The resulting mixture was cooled to 0° C. followed by the addition of H2SO4 (0.05 mL). It was allowed to warm to room temperature and stirred overnight. To the reaction mixture was added water and extracted with dichloromethane, dried over MgSO4. The crude product was purified by column chromatography eluted with ethyl acetate/hexanes to afford the titled compound (4.6 g, 58%) as a yellow solid. m.p 87-89° C. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 2.56 (s, 3H), 6.31 (s, 2H), 7.56 (d, J=8.8 Hz, 1H), 7.33 (dd, J=2.4 Hz, 1H), 7.80 (d, J=2.4 Hz, 1H).

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