Conversion of alkyl chlorides to bromides, selective reactions of mixed bromochloroalkanes, and halogen exchange.

WE Willy, DR McKean, BA Garcia

Index: Willy,W.E. et al. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 1976 , vol. 49, p. 1989 - 1995

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Abstract

Primary alkyl chlorides are quantitatively converted to their corresponding bromides in the presence of ethyl bromide, N-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone, and a catalytic amount of metal bromide. A variety of chlorides can be converted. Selective functionalization at bromine of several primary bromochloroalkanes was studied in conjunction with the chloride-bromide conversion for multistep syntheses. Methods for halogen exchange between chloride, ...