Benzoyl Peroxide → HCID 13808857, compound

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Reaction Steps

In 500 ml of carbon tetrachloride, 48.0 g of the (2S,5S)-2-tert-butyl-5-methyl-1,3-dioxolan-4-one obtained in Step 1 was dissolved. To the resulting solution, 54.0 g of N-bromosuccinimide and 1.0 ml of benzoyl peroxide were added, and the solution was refluxed for 2 hours. After the reaction solution was left to have cooled, insolubles were separated by filtration and the filtrate was successively washed with an aqueous 10% sodium thiosulfate solution, a saturated aqueous sodium hydrogencarbonate solution and a saturated brine. From the filtrate thus washed, the carbon tetrachloride was evaporated under reduced pressure, and the resulting residue was recrystallized from hexane to obtain 70.5 g of (2S,5S)-5-bromo-2-tert-butyl-5-methyl-1,3-dioxolan-4-one.

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