Carbon tetrabromide → ethyl N-[4-(2-bromoethyl)-2,6-dichlorophenyl]-aminoacetate

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To a stirred solution of ethyl N-[2,6-dichloro-4-(2-hydroxyethyl)phenyl]aminoacetate (650 mg) and triphenylphosphine (700 mg) in dichloromethane (10ml) was added carbon tetrabromide (886 mg) under ice-cooling, and the mixture was stirred for 1 hour. Rough purification of the reaction mixture by flash column chromatography on silica gel (eluent: hexane/ethyl acetate=3/1) and further purification of the fraction by medium pressure liquid column chromatography on silica gel (eluent: hexane/dichloromethane=1/1) gave ethyl N-[4-(2-bromoethyl)-2,6-dichlorophenyl]-aminoacetate (708 mg).

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