Ethyl 4-bromobenzoate

clear colorless to yellow liquid

Ethyl 4-bromobenzoate undergoes reduction with potassium diisobutyl-t-butoxyaluminum hydride (PDBBA) at 0°C to yield aldehydes. Reaction of ethyl 4-bromobenzoate and substituted benzyl chloride with zinc dust and a Pd catalyst is reported.

Synthetic Communications, 22, p. 1851, 1992 DOI: 10.1080/00397919208021316
Synthesis, p. 191, 1983

Ethyl 4-bromobenzoate is an ester having electron-withdrawing substituent. It undergoes reduction with potassium diisobutyl-t-butoxyaluminum hydride (PDBBA) at 0°C to yield aldehydes. Reaction of ethyl 4-bromobenzoate and substituted benzyl chloride with zinc dust and a Pd catalyst is reported.