Synthesis 2011(15): 2392-2396  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1260097
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Using the ‘Chemical Tunability’ of Ionic Liquids to Increase Sustainability in the Electrophilic Bromination of Unsaturated Compounds

Cinzia Chiappe*, Angelo Sanzone
Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università di Pisa, via Risorgimento 35, 56126 Pisa, Italy
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Received 14 April 2011
Publication Date:
08 July 2011 (online)

Abstract

Tribromide-based ionic liquids have been synthesized and investigated as efficient bromination agents. The different physicochemical properties of the reaction media, which depend on the cation structure, have been used to improve the efficiency of the bromination process.