o-tert-Butyltoluene → 1-(Bromomethyl)-2-(tert-butyl)benzene

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To 1-tert-butyl-2-methyl-benzene (940 mg, 6.34 mmol), NBS (1.24 g, 1.1 eq) and AIBN (20 mg, catalytic amount) was added CCl4 (12 mL), which was then refluxed for 1 h. The suspended particles were removed by filtration, and washed with CCl4. The organic layers were combined and concentrated under reduced pressure to give 1.5 g of a yellow liquid in a stoichiometric yield.

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