Nucleophilic 1,2 addition of bromine to electron deficient double bonds by perbromide reagents

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(01)80659-1

Perbromide compounds prove to be excellent reagents for achieving nucleophilic 1,2 addition of bromine to the double bond of α,β-unsaturated compounds. This reaction proved to be highly selective in eudesmanolides with an electronegative substituent at C-