Carbon tetrabromide → 2-(Bromomethyl)benzyl alcohol

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A mixture of 1,2 benzenedimethanol (1.41 g, 10 mmol), carbontetrabromide (3.648 g, 11 mmol), triphenylphosphine (2.885 g, 11 mmol) in dry methylene chloride (50 ml) was stirred at rt over 2 days under argon. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure and the residue chomatographed (flash silica gel, 1:1 t-butyl methyl ether: hexanes) to afford the title compound as a white solid. (0.99 g, 49%)

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