Benzoyl Peroxide → Methyl 3-(bromomethyl)-4-chlorobenzoate

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To a suspension of methyl 4-chloro-3-methylbenzoate I (19.9 g, 108 mmol) and N-bromosuccinimide (NBS, 20.2 g, 114 mmol) in carbon tetrachloride (500 mL) was added benzoyl peroxide (1.30 g, 5.4 mmol), and the mixture was stirred at 90° C. overnight. The mixture was then cooled and the white precipitate was removed by filtration. The filtrate was concentrated and the resulting solid was re-crystallized from ethyl acetate to give methyl 3-bromomethy-4-chlorobenzoate II (15.0 g, 57 mmol, 53%) as a white solid:

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