Hydrogen Bromide → 4-Bromophthalimide

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To a stirred solution of 5-amino-1H-isoindole-1,3(2H)-dione (1.0 g, 6.2 mmol) dissolved in sulfuric acid solution (2 mL of Con. H2SO4 in 7.5 mL of H2O) at 0° C., was added ice cold sodium nitrite solution (0.8 g in 2 mL of H2O) dropwise. After 45 min of stirring at 0° C., CuBr (3.4 g, 23.7 mmol) and HBr[48%] (13.6 mL, 4 vol. w.r.t. CuBr) were added at the same temperature. The resulting mixture was stirred at 80° C. for 8 h then poured into crushed ice. Filtered the solid, washed with ice cold water and dried thoroughly to give 0.6 g (43.0%) of 5-bromo-1H-isoindole-1,3(2H)-dione as a brown colour solid.

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