Phenyltrimethylammonium bromide dibromide → HCID 22473920, compound

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Phenyltrimethylammonium tribromide (1.58 g) was added in portions under nitrogen at 0° C. over 30 minutes to a stirred solution of 1-(4,5-dichlorobenzo[b]thiophen-2-yl)propan-1-one (1.09 g) in tetrahydrofuran (80 ml), then the mixture was stirred at 0° C. for 30 minutes, at ambient temperature for 18 hours and at reflux temperature for 5 hours. Further phenyltrimethylammonium tribromide (0.79 g) was added, the mixture was heated under reflux for 2 hours, then it was cooled to ambient temperature and filtered. The solvent was removed in vacuo to give a brown oil which was purified by flash chromatography over silica using a 3:1 mixture of petroleum ether (b.p. 60-80° C.) and dichloromethane as eluant. Appropriate fractions were combined and the solvents removed in vacuo to give 2-bromo-1-(4,5-dichlorobenzo[b]thiophen-2-yl)propan-1-one (1.59 g) as an oil which was used without further purification.

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