Hydrogen Bromide → HCID 14684949, compound

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Reaction Steps

6.35 g. of 2-chloroaniline (0.05 mole) in acetone (100 ml.) and concentrated hydrobromic acid (16 ml.) was stirred at -5° C. and treated with a solution of 4.2 g. of sodium nitrite (0.06 mole) in water (10 ml.). Methyl acrylate (0.5 mole) (43 g.) and cuprous bromide (100 mg.) were then added at 0° C. The reaction temperature was kept below 15° C. until nitrogen evolution ceased and then stirred at 25° C. for thirty minutes. The reaction mixture was poured into water and extracted with benzene which was dried over sodium sulfate and evaporated to give methyl 2-bromo-3-(2-chlorophenyl)propionate.

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