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4-Bromo-2-nitrobenzaldehyde is used along with in the synthesis of Tyrian Purple as a teaching material, from o-Nitrotoluene via 4-Bromo-2-nitrotoluene and 4-Bromo-2-nitrobenzylidene diacetate;Also, it is used as a starting material in the synthesis of heterocyclyl as HDAC3 inhibitors.

The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 72, p. 5867, 2007 DOI: 10.1021/jo070477u