Bromination of Olefins with HBr and DMSO
Megha Karki and Jakob Magolan*
*Department of Chemistry, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho
83844, United States, Email:
jmagolan
uidaho.edu
M. Karki, J. Magolan, J. Org. Chem., 2015, 80, 3701-3707.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.5b00211
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Abstract
In an oxidative bromination of alkenes to 1,2-dibromo alkanes with HBr, dimethyl sulfoxide serves as the oxidant as well as cosolvent. Whereas simple olefins are brominated in very good yields, three of six styrene derivatives yielded bromohydrins under the reaction conditions.
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