Pyridine → 157581-03-8

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To 25 ml of ethyl ether were added 1.78 g of (+)-4-tert.-butyl-α-methylbenzyl alcohol of 100% e.e. and 1.8 g of dry pyridine. The resulting mixed solution was kept at -25° C. and added dropwise with a solution of 3.1 g of phosphorus tribromide dissolved in 18 ml of ethyl ether (at -15° to -25° C.). After completion of addition, the resulting mixture was stirred at -10° C. for one hour and then allowed to stand at 5° C. for 2 days. Ice water was added thereto. The resulting organic layer was washed successively with a saturated aqueous solution of sodium bicarbonate and with ice water, dried with anhydrous Glauber's salt, and freed of solvent by distillation under reduced pressure to give 1.6 g of 4-tert.-butyl-α-methylbenzyl bromide.

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