Conclusions
The reaction of KBrO3 with thiophene in the presence of HBr in a two-phase water-ether system permits obtaining 2-bromothiophene, not contaminated with 2,5-dibromothiophene, in high yield.
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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 2388–2389, October, 1982.