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Bromosuccinimide (NBS)
Bromosuccinimide (NBS)
N-Bromosuccinimide (NBS) is a brominating and oxidizing agent that is used as source for bromine in
radical reactions (for example: allylic brominations) and various electrophilic additions. The NBS
bromination of substrates such as alcohols and amines, followed by elimination of HBr in the presence of
a base, leads to the products of net oxidation in which no bromine has been incorporated.