Hydrobromination of alkenes with PBr3/SiO2: a simple and efficient regiospecific preparation of alkyl bromides

The reaction of several alkenes with 0.4 mol equiv. PBr3/SiO2 in dichloromethane at room temperature gave the alkyl bromides with Markovnikov regiospecificity in 50 - 100% yield and short reaction time. Isoprene at - 8 °C in these conditions gave 1-bromo-3-methyl-2-butene only (54%).

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sanseverino Antonio M., Mattos Marcio C.S. de
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2001-01-01
Series:Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-50532001000500013