N-bromobutanimide → HCID 18946975, compound

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A mixture of 3-(4-methylphenyl)benzo[b]furan-2-carbonitrile (239 mg), N-bromosuccinimide (182 mg), and 2,2'-azobisisobutyronitrile (10 mg) in carbon tetrachloride (5 ml) was refluxed for 5 hours and cooled to ambient temperature. The precipitates were filtered off. The filtrate was washed with aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution (×3), dried, and concentrated in vacuo to give a yellow oil, which was crystallized from n-hexane to yield 3-(4-bromomethylphenyl)benzo[b]furan-2-carbonitrile (300 mg) as a yellow solid.

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