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HRID 1892146Generated: November 1, 2026

Triphenylphosphine → [(4-Bromophenyl)methyl]triphenylphosphanium bromide

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantTriphenylphosphineHCID 11776—
Reactant4-Bromobenzyl bromideHCID 68527—
SolventO-XyleneHCID 7237—
Product[(4-Bromophenyl)methyl]triphenylphosphanium bromideHCID 2724858156.1%

Reaction Steps

A mixture of 1-bromo-4-(bromomethyl)benzene (5 g) and triphenylphosphine (5.24 g) in xylene (20 mL) were heated to reflux for 18 hours. The reaction mixture was cooled, filtered, washed with hexane and tried under vacuum to afford the title compound (8 g).

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS08507670B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2013_08
ORD IDord-7ab6c568cd874e9ba839136bde57e976
Source noteuspto-grants-2013_08