Bromine → Ethyl 5-bromo-6-(4-fluoro-1-naphthyl)-6-oxohexanoate

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Ethyl 6-(4-fluoro-1-naphthyl)-6-oxohexanoate (27.7 g) was dissolved in methylene chloride (100 ml), and bromine (14.6 g) was added dropwise with stirring at room temperature. After an hour of stirring at room temperature, a 10% aqueous solution of sodium sulfite was carefully added until disappearance of the red color of bromine, which was extracted with diethyl ether (300 ml×2). The organic layer was washed with a 10% aqueous solution of sodium hydrogen carbonate (100 ml), dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and concentrated to give ethyl 5-bromo-6-(4-fluoro-1-naphthyl)-6-oxohexanoate as an oil (34.9 g, quantitative).

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