Synthesis 2011(2): 207-209  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1258350
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An Efficient and Regioselective Monobromination of Electron-Rich Aromatic Compounds Using Catalytic Hypervalent Iodine(III) Reagent

Zhongshi Zhou*a, Xuehan Heb
a College of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Shuren University, Hangzhou 310015, Zhejiang, P. R. of China
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b Zhejiang Institute of Geology and Mineral Resource Laboratory, Hangzhou 310007, Zhejiang, P. R. of China
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Received 24 September 2010
Publication Date:
03 December 2010 (online)

Abstract

An efficient and regioselective monobromination of electron-rich aromatic compounds is reported in which iodobenzene is used as the recyclable catalyst in combination with m-chloroperbenzoic acid as the terminal oxidant. The bromination of electron-rich aromatic compounds with lithium bromide was fast in tetrahydrofuran at room temperature, providing regioselective monobrominated products in good yields.