Hydrogen Bromide → 2-Bromo-1-isopropyl-3-methylbenzene

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2-isopropyl-6-methylanilin (14.9 g, 0.1 mol) was solved in conc hydrobromic acid (40 ml) and the mixture was cooled to 5° C. Sodium nitrite (7.0 g, 0.1 mol) in water (15 ml) was added so that the temperature was below 10° C. A solution of copper(I)bromide in conc hydrobromic acid (10 ml) was added to the reaction mixture and the temperature was allowed to raise to room temperature. The mixture was stirred for 1 h. at room temperature and 30 min at 40° C. Hexane was added and the organic layer was separated and evaporated under reduced pressure. Purification by column chromatography on silica gel using hexane as eluent gave 6.9 g (32%) of the title compound as an oil.

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