Hydrogen Bromide → Bromo-4'-chloro-3'-sulfamoylacetophenone

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4.7 g. of 4'-chloro-3'-sulfamoylacetophenone were suspended in 50 ml of ethyl acetate and to that suspension, some drops of a solution of 3.2 g of bromine were added until the mixture was distinctly brown. The suspension was heated to about 60° - 70° C until the color changed (addition of a drop of 48% hydrobromic acid possible), cooled and the residual amount of the bromine solution was added dropwise at room temperature, while stirring. After distilling off the solvent, 2-bromo-4'-chloro-3'-sulfamoylacetophenone was obtained which melted at 169° C (from n-butanol).

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