Pentabromophenol → 3,5-Dibromophenol

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Pentabromophenol (1.0 g, 2.05 mmol) and AlCl3 (4.1 g, 30.75 mmol) were mixed in toluene (20 mL) and heated at reflux temperature under a nitrogen atmosphere overnight. The reaction mixture was cooled, cautiously added to ice, filtered and the filtrate was extracted with EtOAc (3×50 mL). The organics were dried (Na2SO4) and concentrated in vacuo. The residue obtained was purified by chromatography on silica gel with EtOAc:heptane (1:4, v/v) as eluent to afford the title compound as a white solid (230 mg, 0.91 mmol, 45%).

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