8-Methylquinoline → 8-(Bromomethyl)quinoline

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Combine 8-methyl-quinoline (1.0 g, 6.99 mmol), NBS (1.3 g, 7.13 mmol), benzoyl peroxide (6.0 mg, 0.03 mmol), carbon tetrachloride (30 mL) and reflux for 17 h. Cool the reaction mixture to ambient temperature and evaporate the solvent. Dissolve the residue in chloroform (30 mL), wash the organic solution with saturated aqueous NaHCO3 (2×10 mL), brine (10 mL) and dry over anhydrous Na2SO4. Evaporate the solvent and purify by chromatography on silica gel eluting with DCM to obtain the title compound as a white solid (1.3 g, 83%). MS (ES+) m/z: 223 (M+H)+.

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