N-bromobutanimide → 4-Bromomethyl-3-fluorobiphenyl

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A mixture of 6.00 g of 3-fluoro-4-methylbiphenyl, 5.73 g of N-bromosuccinimide, 0.075 g of 2,2′-azobisisobutylonitrile and 120 ml of carbon tetrachloride was heat-refluxed for 5 hours. The reaction solution was washed with water, and the organic layer was concentrated. The resulting residue was purified through silica-gel column chromatography (eluent: a mixture of hexane and ethyl acetate at a ratio of 9:1) to give 8.30 g of oily 4-bromomethyl-3-fluorobiphenyl.

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