N-bromobutanimide → Methyl 2'-(bromomethyl)-[1,1'-biphenyl]-4-carboxylate

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A 5 L three-necked 24/40 round-bottom flask equipped with a mechanical stirrer, a reflux condenser with a nitrogen inlet at the top, and a thermometer was charged with 53.42 g (0.204 mol) of 2'-methyl biphenyl-4-carboxylic acid methyl ester, 3.4 L carbon tetrachloride, 38.09 g (0.214 mol) of N-bromosuccinimide and 2.0 g of 2,2'-azobis(2-methylpropionitrile). The flask was degassed and flushed with nitrogen, the stirrer was started and the contents were refluxed for 5 hours. The reaction mixture was then cooled to room temperature, filtered and evaporated. The residual oil was purified by recrystallization from dichloromethane-hexane to afford 48.48 g (78%) of the product which had.

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