Hydrogen Bromide → (4-Bromo-2-methylbutan-2-yl)benzene

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3-Metyl-3-phenylbutanol (0.82 g) was refluxed in 47% hydrobromic acid (5 ml) under heating for 7 hours. To the reaction solution was added water and the solution was extracted with ether. After washing with a saturated aqueous solution of sodium chloride, the ether layer was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and the residue was then subjected to silica gel column chromatography. Elution with a hexane - ethyl acetate 10:1) mixture gave 1.02 of 1-bromo-3-methyl-3-phenylbutane.

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