Triphenylphosphine → [(3-Carboxyphenyl)methyl](triphenyl)phosphanium bromide

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To a solution of 3-(bromomethyl)benzoic acid (16.50 g, 76.73 mmol) in acetonitrile (76.7 ml) was added triphenylphosphine (22.14 g, 84.40 mmol). After heating the mixture under reflux for 2 hr, the reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature. The precipitate was collected by filtration and dried under reduced pressure to give (3-carboxybenzyl)(triphenyl)phosphoniumbromide (30.13 g, 63.12 mmol, yield 82.3%) as a white solid.

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