Abstract: | Directed ortho‐metalation (DoM) strategy has been applied for the development of a short procedure for the regiospecific synthesis of phenyl‐2H4]‐2‐bromo‐benzylamine 6 starting from commercially available phenyl‐2H5]‐benzoyl chloride 1 . A strong isotope effect was observed during the ortho‐substitution. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |