Benzoyl Peroxide → 2-(Bromomethyl)-1-chloro-3-methoxybenzene

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In a 250 mL round bottom flask, 1-chloro-3-methoxy-2-methylbenzene (5.0 g, 31.9 mmol) was dissolved in CCl4 (50 mL). To the solution, 1-bromopyrrolidine-2,5-dione (5.8 g, 32.6 mmol) and benzoyl benzenecarboperoxoate (70 mg) were added in sequence. The resulting mixture was refluxed for 4 hours and left at room temperature overnight. The mixture was filtered. The filtrate was evaporated to provide crude product of 2-(bromomethyl)-1-chloro-3-methoxybenzene as a colorless liquid, which was used for next step without further purification.

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