N-bromobutanimide → 2-Bromomethyl-3-(4-fluoro-phenoxy)-benzoic acid ethyl ester

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A mixture of 3-(4-fluoro-phenoxy)-2-methyl-benzoic acid ethyl ester (2.63 g, 9.60 mmol), N-bromosuccinimide (1.79 g, 10.08 mmol) and benzoyl peroxide (116 mg, 0.48 mmol) in carbon tetrachloride (35 mL) was refluxed for 4 h before it was cooled to room temperature and partitioned between dichloromethane and water. The organic layer was washed with saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution, brine, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated in vacuo to give the title compound as a yellow oil (3.44 g): 1H NMR (CDCl3, 200 MHz): δ=7.67 (m, 1H), 7.27 (m, 2H), 7.01 (m, 4H), 5.09 (s, 3H), 4.42 (q, J=7.2 Hz, 2H), 1.44 (t, J=7.2 Hz, 3H).

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