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A reinvestigation of the vapor phase bromination of 2-bromobutane
Tanner, Dennis D.,Ruo, Tomoki C. S.,Kosugi, Yoshio,Potter, Alan
, p. 2310 - 2316 (2007/10/02)
The soltuion phase photobromination of 2-bromobutane yields 2,2-dibromobutane, meso-2,3-dibromobutane, dl-2,3-dibromo-dibromobutane, small amounts of 1,2-dibromobutane, and 2,2,3-tribromobutane.However, in the corresponding vapor phase bromination these products appear along with other polybrominated products.The yield of these polybromides increases with temperature.The increase in yield of the polyhalogenated materials is rationalized by considering the thermal instabilty of the β-bromoalkyl radical, which eliminates a bromine atom to form the corresponding alkene.It is demonstrated that in the vapor phase allylic bromination competes succesfully with bromine addition.Reaction schemes are suggested to explain the formation of polybromides.An explanation is also offered for the dicrepancy between these results and those of previously reported vapor phase work.