Carbon tetrabromide → 3-(Bromomethyl)-4-m-tolyl-1H-isochromen-1-one

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Triphenylphosphine (270 mg, 1.030 mmol) and perbromomethane (342 mg, 1.030 mmol) were added to a solution of 3-(hydroxymethyl)-4-m-tolyl-1H-isochromen-1-one (intermediate B5, 211 mg, 0.792 mmol) in DMF (2 ml), and the resulting mixture was stirred at RT. The reaction was then purified via reverse phase chromatography with a Biotage C18 30 g SNAP column (Phase A, water 95%, ACN 4.5%, formic acid 0.5%; Phase B ACN 99.5%, formic acid 0.5%) to give the title compound (192 mg, 73.6%).

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