Triphenylphosphine → 1-Bromo-3-(bromomethyl)-5-methoxybenzene

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Triphenylphosphine (28 g; KANTO) was added to a dichloromethane (150 mL) solution of Intermediate 1 (22.05 g) with ice cooling, the resulting mixture was stirred for approx. 10 minutes followed by the addition of N-bromosuccinimide (20 g; TCI), and the resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature for 13 hours and 30 minutes. The solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure and the residue was purified by column chromatography (n-hexane/ethyl acetate) to give the title compound (23.94 g).

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