4-Bromoaniline


4-Bromoaniline is a compound where an aniline molecule is substituted with a bromine atom on the para position. Commercially available, this compound may be used as a building block, e.g. in the preparation of p-bromobiphenyl via the Gomberg-Bachmann reaction.

Synthesis

4-bromoaniline can be made by reacting aniline with bromine with a protection with acetyl chloride.

Applications

  1. In the synthesis of Bromamid.
  2. In the synthesis of Dibromsalan.