Phenyltrimethylammonium bromide dibromide → 2-Bromo-1-[3-tert-butyl-5-(3-hydroxypropoxy)-4-methoxyphenyl]ethanone

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1-{3-tert-Butyl-4-methoxy-5-[3-(tetrahydropyran-2-yloxy)propoxy]phenyl}ethanone (2.071; 12.7 g) was dissolved in methanol/THF (200/200 ml) and admixed with phenyltrimethylammonium tribromide (13.1 g) while stirring. The mixture was stirred at RT for 1 h, then diluted with DCM and washed once with 5% sodium thiosulfate solution. The DCM phase was dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and concentrated. The residue was taken up in acetonitrile (100 ml) and admixed with 48% hydrobromic acid (5.91 ml). The mixture was left to stand for 1 h, then admixed with water, extracted by shaking with EA, and the combined EA phases were dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and concentrated. The residue was purified using silica gel (120 g cartridge, n-heptane/MtB ether gradient of 0-100% in 60 min). 3.29 g of the title compound were obtained.

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