Sciencemadness Discussion Board

Photobromination

Sriraman - 25-3-2006 at 02:52

4-methylphenylpropionic acid is brominated to 2-bromomethylphenylpropionic acid by photobromination. Is there any method to avoid photobromination.

runlabrun - 25-3-2006 at 05:01

avoid a bromine and UV source...

-rlr

evil_lurker - 25-3-2006 at 15:38

LOL @ runlabrun...

You might could use phosphorus tribromide...

Sriraman - 26-3-2006 at 18:34

Canyou please suggest a process for Phosphorous tribromide

chochu3 - 28-3-2006 at 02:20

whats your target conpound your trying to get that would help a little bit to give a process? otherwise you could pretty much follow vogel on page 281 of his 3rd edition, but you will have the same problem if light is introduced.