Magnesium Bromide → HCID 90819939, compound

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A mixture of docosahexaenoyl methane sulfonate (2.0 g, 5.1 mmol) and magnesium bromide (4.3 g, 23 mmol) in anhydrous ether (100 mL) was stirred under argon overnight. The resulting suspension was filtered and the solid washed with ether (2×30 mL). The filtrate and wash were combined and solvent evaporated. The resulting residual was purified by column chromatography on silica gel (230-400 mesh, 40 mL) eluted with hexanes. This gave 2.2 g of docosahexaenoyl bromide (II) as colourless oil.

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