• For use in a facile method for conversion of primary alkyl chlorides to bromides, see: Synth. Commun., 14, 1313 (1984). In combination with TMS chloride and bromine in 2:1 methanol-acetonitrile, provides a method for the ɑ -bromination of dimethyl acetals: Gazz. Chim. Ital., 123, 629 (1993).