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Synthesis of 1,1-dibromoalkanes
Recent Literature
Application of (PhO)3P-halogen-based reagents allows the preparation
of vinyl halides in good to
excellent yields from enolizable ketones, whereas aldehydes afforded the
corresponding gem-dihalides. The halogenation proceeded smoothly under mild
conditions.
A. Spaggiari, D. Vaccari, P. Davoli, G. Torre, F. Prati, J. Org. Chem., 2007,
72, 2216-2219.
