Efficient bromination of olefins, alkynes, and ketones with dimethyl sulfoxide and hydrobromic acid

Abstract

The oxidative bromination of olefins, alkynes, and ketones has been developed with HBr as the brominating reagent and DMSO as the mild oxidant. The simple conditions, high bromide-atom-economy, as well as easy accessibility and low cost of DMSO and HBr make the present strategy prospective for the synthesis of dibrominated alkanes, dibrominated alkenes and α-bromoketones.