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Super Acid Catalyzed Bromination of Isoalkanes
Author(s) -
Halpern Y.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
israel journal of chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.908
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1869-5868
pISSN - 0021-2148
DOI - 10.1002/ijch.197500015
Subject(s) - chemistry , catalysis , yield (engineering) , halogenation , molar ratio , organic chemistry , nuclear chemistry , metallurgy , materials science
Isoalkanes are brominated by Br 2 in liquid SO 2 in the presence of catalytic amounts of super acids (SbF 3 or SbF 5 – HSO 3 F (1:1 molar ratio – “Magic Acid”)) to yield mono, di and tri bromoalkanes. A possible mechanism is discussed.