Benzoyl Peroxide → 1-Bromo-2-(bromomethyl)-4-nitrobenzene

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A mixture of 1-bromo-2-methyl-4-nitrobenzene (15 g, 79 mmol), benzoyl peroxide (2 g, 8 mmol) and NBS (17 g, 95 mmol) in CCl4 (150 mL) was stirred at reflux overnight. The mixture was cooled to room temperature and filtered, the filtrate was washed with water twice, dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated to give 1-bromo-2-(bromomethyl)-4-nitrobenzene as light yellow oil (17 g, 69%). 1H NMR: 400 MHz CDCl3 δ 8.37-8.34 (m, 1H), 8.05-8.02 (m, 1H), 7.77-7.75 (m, 1H), 3.87 (s, 2H).

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