Allyl bromide → 1-Chloro-2-methyl-3-prop-2-enylbenzene

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Reaction Steps

158 g of vanadium trichloride are dissolved in 800 ml of dichloromethane, and 500 ml of a solution of 1 mol of 2-methyl-3-chlorophenylmagnesium chloride in THF are added at 25° C. Stirring is carried out for 0.5 hour, after which 121 g of allyl bromide are added dropwise, stirring is effected for 10 hours at 25° C. and the mixture is then refluxed for 6 hours. The resulting reaction mixture is poured into 2 l of saturated, aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution and then extracted with methyl tertbutyl ether. 70.9 g of 1-chloro-2-methyl-3-prop-2-enylbenzene (bp. 78° C./1 mbar) are obtained by distillation.

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