N-(4-Bromobutyl)phthalimide

110-52-1

136918-14-4

5394-18-3

General procedure for the synthesis of N-(4-bromobutyl)phthalimide from 1,4-dibromobutane and 3-hydroxy-1H-isoindol-1-one: phthalimide (148 mg, 1 mmol), 1,4-dibromobutane (1.080 g, 5 mmol) and potassium carbonate (276 mg, 2 mmol) were added to acetone (3 mL) and the reaction mixture was refluxed for 2 hours. After completion of the reaction, it was cooled to room temperature and the reaction mixture was purified by column chromatography using petroleum ether: acetone (40:1) as eluent to afford N-(4-bromobutyl)phthalimide (260 mg, 92% yield) as a white solid.