Alan Thomas Costello

A Convenient Synthesis of Certain Hydroxymethyl Tetrahalogenobenzyl Bromides

Abstract Surprisingly, toluene solutions of certain tetrahalogenobenzene dimethanols rapidly afford the corresponding hydroxymethyl tetrahalogenobenzyl bromides in about 90% yield on treatment with hydrobromic acid without the need for continuous removal of the first formed product.

An Improved Method Forthe Conversion Ofcertain Aromatic Carboxylic Acids into Benzylic Chlorides

Abstract A novel one-pot procedure, which affords benzylic chlorides in about 70% yield, involves reduction of benzoyl chlorides by aqueous sodium borohydride as a key step.