N-bromobutanimide → 1-(Benzyloxy)-4-bromo-2-ethyl-5-methoxybenzene

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Reaction Steps

In a bromination reaction, the 3-benzyloxy-4-ethyl-1-methoxybenzene (3) is combined with N-bromosuccinimide (NBS) and silica gel 60 (EM Science, 480 Democrat Road, Gibbstown, N.J. 08027, an affiliate of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany) in a nonpolar solvent such as carbon tetrachloride at a temperature from about 0° C. to about room temperature. Preferably, the reaction is conducted at about room temperature. This reaction is allowed to stir, in the absence of light, to yield 5-benzyloxy-2-bromo-4-ethyl-1-methoxybenzene (4).

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