Chlorotrimethylsilane/Lithium Bromide and Hexamethyldisilane/Pyridinium Bromide Perbromide: Effective and Selective Reagents for the Conversion of Alkyl (Cycloalkyl and Aralkyl) Alcohols into Bromides

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo01297a020

Alkyl bromides were obtained in high yield in the reaction of the corresponding alcohols with chlorotrimethylsilane/lithium bromide.The reaction was equally applicable to primary, secondary, and tertiary alcohols as well as to allylic and benzylic alcohols.High regioselectivity was observed in related conversions in which hexamethyldisilane/pyridinium bromide perbromide was used.Tertiary alcohols, for example, were converted selectively into the corresponding tertiary bromides in the presence of primary and secondary hydroxylic functions.The reactions were also highly steroselective.