Benzoyl Peroxide → Methyl 2-Bromo-2-phenoxyacetate

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Methyl phenoxyacetate (5.0 g, 30 mmol), N-bromosuccinimide (5.4 g, 30 mmol), a few crystals (0.2 to 0.5 g) of benzoyl peroxide, and 50 mL of carbon tetrachloride were placed in a 100 mL flask and heated at reflux with stirring for about 4 hr. The mixture was then allowed to cool, was filtered, and was concentrated by evaporation under reduced pressure to obtain 6.6 g (90 percent of theory) of the title compound as a red oil.

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