Addition of bromine to fumaric acid to meso-dibromosuccinic acid
Reaction type:
addition to alkenes, stereoselective addition, bromination
Substance classes:
alkene, carboxylic acid, bromoalkane
Techniques:
heating under reflux, stirring with magnetic stir bar, adding dropwise with an addition funnel, filtering, evaporating with rotary evaporator, recrystallizing, use of an ice cooling bath, heating with oil bath