Ammonium Chloride → 3,5-Dibromostyrene

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Reaction Steps

Tetrahydrofuran (20 mL) was added to methyltriphenylphosphonium bromide (3.150 g, 8.8 mmol). Then potassium t-butoxide (0.989 g, 8.8 mmol) was added herein small portions with ice-cooling, and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1 hr. The resultant slurry was cooled to −78° C. and a tetrahydrofuran (20 mL) solution containing 3,5-dibromobenzaldehyde (1.519 g, 5.8 mmol) was added dropwise. The reaction solution was allowed to warm to room temperature and stirred for 1 hr, and then a saturated ammonium chloride aqueous solution was added to the reaction solution. The product was extracted with ethyl acetate, the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure, and the residue was purified with silica-gel column chromatography to obtain 3,5-dibromostyrene (1.2 g, 4.6 mmol).

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