Hydrogen Bromide → 4-Bromo-2-[4-(methoxycarbonyl)benzyl]butanoic acid

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Reaction Steps

9.00 g (38.42 mmol) of methyl 4-[(2-oxotetrahydro-3-furanyl)methyl]benzoate from Ex. VI are suspended in 54 ml of a 33 percent strength HBr solution in glacial acetic acid, and the mixture is stirred at 80° C. for 40 min. The reaction solution is poured into ice-water and the resulting precipitate is filtered off with suction, washed with water and dried under reduced pressure at 40° C.

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