Dmitry A. Pirgach, Raghavendra Meena, Guanna Li, Fedor M. Miloserdov, Daan S. van Es, Pieter C. A. Bruijnincx and Johannes H. Bitter
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An electrochemical method for the bromination of renewable methyl levulinate using ammonium bromide is reported. Regioselectivity depended on the solvent used: the formation of 5-bromolevulinate was favored in methanol and 3-bromolevulinate in a MeCN : H2O mixture. To explain the observed change, different bromination mechanisms were proposed.