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The electrochemical bromination of DMSO in alkaline media leads to the formation of (CBr3)2SO2 (in the presence of Na2CO3) or CBr3SO2CH3 (in the presence of NaHCO3).
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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 2, pp. 471–472, February, 1988.
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Ilyushin, V.A. Electrochemical bromination of dmso in alkaline media: The synthesis of 1,1,1-tribromo- and hexabromodimethylsulfones. Russ Chem Bull 37, 391–392 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00957456
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