Dimethylformamide → 2,6-Dibromobenzyl acetate

Participants

Reaction Steps

A 250-mL single-neck round-bottomed flask equipped with a magnetic stirrer and nitrogen inlet was purged with nitrogen and charged with 1,3-dibromo-2-(bromomethyl)benzene (3.28 g, 10.0 mmol), potassium acetate (3.93 g, 40.0 mmol) and DMF (100 mL). The solution was stirred at room temperature for 14 h. After that time, the reaction mixture was diluted with water (900 mL) and extracted with ethyl acetate (3×200 mL). The combined organic layers were washed with brine (100 mL), dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by column chromatography to afford an 88% yield (2.70 g) of 2,6-dibromobenzyl acetate 104g as an off-white solid: mp 62-65° C.; 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) d 7.57 (d, 2H, J=8.0 Hz), 7.07 (t, 1H, J=7.9 Hz), 5.42 (s, 2H), 2.11 (s, 3H); MS (ESI+)

Provenance & Evidence