Benzoyl Peroxide → 2-(Bromomethyl)-1-chloro-3-iodobenzene

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A mixture of 1-chloro-3-iodo-2-methylbenzene (11 g, 44 mmol) in 60 mL CCl4 was stirred at 70° C. and treated with 1-bromopyrrolidine-2,5-dione (12 g, 65 mmol) and dibenzoyl peroxide (1.1 g, 4.4 mmol) slowly. The resulting mixture was refluxed for 15 hours. The mixture was cooled to room temperature, filtered through a plug of Celite, and washed with 10% EtOAc/hexane. The organic was concentrated and purified by column chromatography (0-10% EtOAc/hexane) to give 14 g pink solid.

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