Hydrogen Bromide → 4-bromo-2-tert-butylphenylamine

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25 g (168 mmol) of 2-tert-butylaniline are placed in 300 ml of acetic acid. 450 ml of aqueous HBr at 48% are added and the mixture is then cooled to 0° C. 150 ml of DMSO are added dropwise, the mixture having been brought back to ambient temperature is stirred for 2 hours and it is then poured into ice-cold water and basified to pH 10 with 5N NaOH. It is extracted with diethyl ether and the organic phase is then dried and concentrated to dryness. The residue is column-purified (95/5 heptane/EtOAc). 25.2 g of 4-bromo-2-tert-butylphenylamine are obtained in the form of a yellow oil (yield=65%).

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