Multi-step reaction with 6 steps
1: 94 percent / TsOH*H2O / acetonitrile; H2O / 5.5 h / Ambient temperature
2: 90 percent / pyridine / CH2Cl2 / 1.5 h / Ambient temperature
3: 100 percent / Br2, 4 Angstroem sieves / CH2Cl2 / 4.5 h
4: 1.) silver triflate, 3 Angstroem sieves, 2.) 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methylpyridine / 1.) CH2Cl2, -30 deg C, 7 h, 2.) CH2Cl2, -30 deg C, overnight
5: 91 percent / HBr, AcOH, 3 Angstroem sieves / CH2Cl2 / 1.5 h / Ambient temperature
6: 1.) silver triflate, 3 Angstroem sieves, 2.) 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methylpyridine / 1.) CH2Cl2, -20 deg C, 3 h, 2.) CH2Cl2, 30 min
With
pyridine; 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methylpyridine; 3 A molecular sieve; 4 A molecular sieve; hydrogen bromide; bromine; silver trifluoromethanesulfonate; toluene-4-sulfonic acid; acetic acid;
In
dichloromethane; water; acetonitrile;
DOI:10.1016/S0968-0896(96)00194-0