Water → 5-(Bromomethyl)-1,2,3-trimethoxybenzene

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Reaction Steps

Dissolving 3,4,5-trimethoxyl benzyl alcohol (14.05 g, 70.89 mmol) in dichlormethane (100 ml) in a 250 ml three-necked flask; phosphorus tribromide (6.73 ml, 70.89 mmol) in dichlormethane (25 ml) was added dropwise and allowed to react at room temperature for 50 minutes, cooling in ice bath, slowly adding deionized water (18 ml, 1.0 mol) dropwise to quench the reaction, washing with deionized water (100 ml) twice, drying with anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtering, washing the filter residue with dichlormethane (20 ml), the combined organic layer was concentrated in rotatory evaporater to dry, and was further dried under vacuum to afford 3,4,5-trimethoxyl benzyl bromide (16.05 g of faint yellow solid), yield 84.44%.

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