1,3-Dibromo-5,5-dimethylhydantoin → 1-Bromo-3-(bromomethyl)-5-methylbenzene

To a solution of 1-bromo-3,5-dimethylbenzene (25.0 g, 135.0 mmol) in CCl4 (150 mL), was added 1,3-dibromo-5,5-dimethylimidazolidine-2,4-dione (14.5 g, 54.0 mmol) and dibenzoyl peroxide (BPO) (0.2 g) and the mixture was refluxed for 7 h. After the reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature, the precipitate was filtered out using Celite, and then the solid was rinsed two times with pentane (50 mL). The combined filtrates were washed with water (50 mL), followed by saturated sodium bicarbonate (50 mL) and sodium thiosulfate (50 mL×2). The organic layer was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. Evaporation of the solvent afforded the compound 1-bromo-3-(bromomethyl)-5-methylbenzene (35.6 g, 99%).

1. temperaturethe mixture was refluxed for 7 h
2. filtrationthe precipitate was filtered out
3. washthe solid was rinsed two times with pentane (50 mL)
4. washThe combined filtrates were washed with water (50 mL)
5. dry with materialThe organic layer was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate
6. customEvaporation of the solvent

ORD record

ord-0cc5300d63a64ca49f7f488a681e8c43

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2011_12

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US08071588B2