Phenyltrimethylammonium bromide dibromide → N-[3-benzyloxy-4-(2,2-dibromo-acetyl)phenyl]-acetamide

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Phenyltrimethylammonium tribromide (102 mg, 0.272 mmol) was added to a solution of N-(4-acetyl-3-benzyloxy-phenyl)-acetamide (35 mg, 0.124 mmol) in THF (3.5 mL), and stirred at room temperature for 2 hours. The mixture was partitioned between water (25 mL) and EtOAc (25 mL), the layers separated and the organic layer dried (MgSO4). The solvents were removed in vacuo to give crude N-[3-benzyloxy-4-(2,2-dibromo-acetyl)-phenyl]-acetamide (54 mg, 100%) as a pale brown solid; δH (CDCl3) 7.92 (1H, br s), 7.85 (1H, d, J=8.5 Hz), 7.55 (1H, br s), 7.50-7.35 (5H, m), 7.09 (1H, s), 6.78 (1H, dd, J=8.5, 1.9 Hz), 5.20 (2H, s), 2.21 (3H, s); LCMS retention time 2.65 min, M+H+ 440.1/442.1/444.1. The mixture was used crude in the next step.

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