1-Indanone → 3-Bromo-1-indanone

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Reaction Steps

1-Indanone (1 g) and NBS (1.4 g) was mixed with dry CCl4 (20 ml). A catalytic amount of AlBN was added and the mixture was refluxed for 30 minutes and excited with light using 250 W lamp. The mixture was cooled in an ice bath and filtered. The filtrate was concentrated in an evaporator and used without further purification for the next step. Yield was 1.5 g.

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