Electroselective α-bromination of acetophenone using in situ bromonium ions from ammonium bromide

• DOI: 10.1039/c6ra04541c
• Publication Date: 2016-04-12T09:31:08Z
• Authors: R. Jagatheesan; K. Joseph Santhan...; S. Lawrence; C. Christopher
• Keywords: Acetophenone; Ammonium bromide

A greener and expeditious method for the side chain bromination of acetophenone using <italic>in situ</italic> generated bromonium ions from NH₄Br in a H₂O:CH₃CN medium at ambient temperature has been developed an undivided cell equipped with Pt/Pt electrode.