Organic Mechanism - Benzylic Bromination NBS Radical 001
Channel: Professor Heath's Chemistry Channel
Date: 2012-04-19

Synthesis of a benzyl bromide  from an alkyl benzene (benzylic bromination) using N-bromosuccinimide (NBS) as a radical initiator.

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