Thionyl bromide → 2-Bromomethyl-1-phenylnapthalene

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The above alcohol (2.3 g) was dissolved in toluene (10 ml) and thionyl bromide (1.0 ml) was added. The mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 1 h, heated at reflux for 10 minutes and finally stirred at ambient temperature for 30 minutes. The reaction mixture was diluted with toluene (75 ml), washed with a 10% sodium bicarbonate solution and dried (MgSO4). The solvent was evaporated in vacuo to give crude (1-phenyl-2-naphtyl) methylbromide.

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