The efficient brominating agent, hexabromoacetone (HBA) worked very well with oxidovanadium(IV) picolinate catalyst in selective bromination of saturated hydrocarbons with no competing CH oxidation. Cyclododecyl bromide was fruitfully obtained as a major product from the bromination of cyclododecane with trace amount of oxidized product(s). The selectivity attained for the reaction was excellent. Competitive bromination using selected alkane and alcohol revealed that alkyl bromide occurred via alkane substrate directly.

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六溴丙酮：一种有效的溴化吡啶甲酸氧钒（IV）络合物催化饱和烃溴化的试剂

高效溴化剂六溴丙酮（HBA）与氧化钒吡啶甲酸钒（IV）催化剂在饱和烃选择性溴化中没有竞争的C H氧化效果很好。环十二烷基溴化物是从环十二烷与痕量氧化产物的溴化反应中获得的主要产物，硕果累累。反应达到的选择性极好。使用选定的烷烃和醇进行的竞争性溴化反应表明，烷基溴直接通过烷烃底物发生。