Selective α-bromination of an aralkyl ketone with phenyltrimethylammonium tribromide: 2-bromoacetyl-6-methoxynaphthalene and 2,2-dibromoacetyl-6-methoxynaphthalene

CAS index name: Ethanone, 2-bromo-1-(6-methoxy-2-naphthalenyl)- and Ethanone, 2,2-dibromo-1-(6-methoxy-2-naphthalenyl)-

Organic Syntheses

Reaction scheme of Selective α-bromination of an aralkyl ketone with phenyltrimethylammonium tribromide: 2-bromoacetyl-6-methoxynaphthalene and 2,2-dibromoacetyl-6-methoxynaphthalene from Organic Syntheses
Scheme as published in Org. Synth. Coll. Vol. 6, p. 175; Vol. 53, p. 111.

A checked procedure from Organic Syntheses, the journal whose preparations are repeated in a second laboratory before publication. The full experimental, with amounts, hazards and characterisation data, is on orgsyn.org.

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