2-Bromo-4-nitro-1-(propan-2-yl)benzene → 3-Bromo-4-isopropylaniline

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2-Bromo-1-isopropyl-4-nitrobenzene (XI) (20 g, 78.1 mmol, 95.8 GC % by area), methanol (400 ml), platinum on carbon (5% of platinum, poisoned with sulphur, moist with water) (1.0 g, 0.090 mmol) and zinc dibromide (265 mg, 1.18 mmol) were placed in a 600 ml autoclave. The autoclave was subsequently flushed with nitrogen and pressurized to 5 bar with hydrogen at room temperature. The contents of the autoclave were filtered through Celite, washed with methanol and the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure. 3-Bromo-4-isopropylaniline (17.4 g, 94.5 LC-% by area, 97.7 GC-% by area, >99% of theory) was obtained as a brown oil.

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