Benzoyl Peroxide → Ethyl 2-(bromomethyl)benzoate

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Reaction Steps

2-Methylbenzoic acid ethyl ester (2.00 g, 11.9 mmol) was dissolved in carbon tetrachloride (60 ml), and the solution was added with N-bromosuccinimide (2.56 g, 14.4 mmol) and a catalytic amount of benzoylperoxide and then heated under reflux. After one hour, the reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and added with hexane (40 ml) to remove insoluble solids by filtration. The filtrate was evaporated under reduced pressure to obtain the title compound 3.16 g as yellow oil. the product was used in the next reaction without purification.

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