Chemistry Letters

The bromination of methylarenes with NBS by irradiation using a tungsten lamp. Preparation of benzotribromides.

S Mataka, M Kurisu, K Takahashi, M Tashiro

Index: Mataka, Shuntaro; Kurisu, Masayoshi; Takahashi, Kazufumi; Tashiro, Masashi Chemistry Letters, 1984 , p. 1969 - 1972

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Abstract

Bromination of toluene and its meta-and para-substituted derivatives with NBS by irradiation using a tungsten lamp gave benzotribromides and cis-and trans-1, 2-dibromo-1, 2- diarylethylenes, while ortho-substituted toluenes gave benzal bromides. o-Xylene gave tetra- and pentabromides and m-xylene afforded a mixture of dibromodiarylethylenes.