Cyclohexyl phenyl ketone → 1-Benzoyl-1-bromocyclohexane

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Temperature was kept at 20-25° C. when bromine (2.8 ml) was added slowly to a stirred mixture of cyclohexylphenyl ketone (10 g) in CH2Cl2 (50 ml) and acetic acid (1 ml). The mixture was stirred at the ambient temperature for 1 hour and extracted with 5% NaHCO3 (2×30 ml) and water (30 ml). The organic phase was dried over Na2SO4 and evaporated. Yield was 14.1 g.

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