The Reaction of N-Bromosuccinimide with Cycloheptatriene1

HL Dryden Jr, BE Burgert

Index: Dryden; Burgert Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1955 , vol. 77, p. 5633,5636

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Citation Number: 18

Abstract

In an attempt to prepare cycloheptatrienylium bromide (I) 2 the reaction of cycloheptatriene (11) with N-bromosuccinimide (NBS) was investigated. When equimolar quantities of the two reagents were heated in boiling carbon tetrachloride containing a little benzoyl peroxide, ...