Sulfuric Acid → 2-(4-Bromo-3-oxobutyl)-1H-isoindole-1,3(2H)-dione

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To an ice-cooled and well-stirred suspension of 2-(3-oxo-butyl)-isoindole-1,3-dione (30.0 g, 138 mmol, 1 eq.) in MeOH (180 mL), bromine (14.3 mL, 276 mmol, 2 eq.) was added in one portion. The resulting red heterogeneous mixture was stirred at 0° C. for 5 min., and further at r.t. for 3.5 hours. The orange homogeneous reaction mixture was then treated with 10M aq. H2SO4 soln. (26.2 mL). The resulting heterogeneous mixture was further stirred at r.t. for 2 hours. The resulting heterogeneous reaction mixture was filtered in order to isolate the target product as a white-off solid which was further dried under high vacuum. The product was used without further purification.

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