Benzoyl Peroxide → 4-(Bromomethyl)-3-fluorobenzenesulphonyl chloride

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20.9 g (0.1 mol) of 3-fluoro-4-methylbenzenesulphonyl chloride are taken up in 200 ml of carbon tetrachloride and, after addition of 19.6 g (0.11 mol) of N-bromosuccinimide and 0.3 g of dibenzoyl peroxide, the mixture is heated under reflux for 5 hours. After cooling, the solids are filtered off and the filtrate is freed from the solvent. Flash chromatography using petroleum ether/toluene (4:1), 50 μm particle size, gives 12.4 g (44% of theory) of the title compound.

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