1,3-dibromo-5,5-dimethylhydantoin (DBDMH) is a useful and easy to hand
le reagent for bromination of various aromatic derivatives substituted
with electron donating groups. In the presence of trimethylsilyltrifl
uoromethanesulfonate, DBDMH showed increased reactivity, and in one ca
se, the reaction followed another pathway, suggesting an alternative m
echanism. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.