Bromine → 2,4-Bis(acetoxymethyl)bromobenzene

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To a suspension of m-xylylene glycol diacetate (28.4 g) and sodium acetate (55.2 g) dispersed in glacial acetic acid (130 ml) was added dropwise bromine (102.5 g) over 30 min at 15-20° C., and the mixture was stirred at 20-30° C. for 13 hr. The reaction mixture was poured into 10% aqueous sodium sulfite solution (700 ml) in an ice bath. The mixture was stirred and extracted twice with ethyl acetate (250 ml). The ethyl acetate layer was washed 3 times with 10% aqueous sodium hydrogencarbonate solution (300 ml) and the solvent was evaporated to give an about 93:7 mixture (37.6 g, 97.6%) of 2,4-bis(acetoxymethyl)bromobenzene and 2,6-bis(acetoxymethyl)bromobenzene as a yellow oil. 2,4-bis(Acetoxymethyl)bromobenzene was isolated by preparative HPLC and used in the measurement.

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