Hydrogen Bromide → 2-Bromopropiophenone

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Reaction Steps

A pinch of aluminium chloride ground beforehand in a mortar is added to 13.4 g (0.1 mol) of propiophenone in 100 ml of anhydrous chloroform, and a solution of 5 ml (0.1 mol) of bromine in 20 ml of chloroform is then added dropwise, with stirring. The mixture decolourises instantaneously. It is cooled in an ice bath and then stirred overnight to drive off the hydrobromic acid formed. The catalyst is filtered off and the solvent is driven off from the filtrate. 22 g of an oil remain, which is used as such in a subsequent step.

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