4-Chlorobenzaldehyde → 1-Chloro-4-(2,2-dibromoethenyl)benzene

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4-Chlorobenzaldehyde (2.81 g) was dissolved in methylene chloride (300 mL), and carbon tetrabromide (13.3 g) and triphenylphosphine (21.0 g) were added to the solution, followed by stirring at room temperature for 90 minutes. After insoluble matter precipitated was removed by filtration, the filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (hexane:ethyl acetate=20:1), to thereby give the title compound (5.54 g).

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