Abstract
A procedure for the synthesis of 2‐bromoresorcinol (III), with cyclohexane‐1, 3‐dione as the starting material, is described. Cyclohexane‐l, 3‐dione (VIII), prepared by the catalytic hydrogenation of resorcinol (VII), is readily brominated to 2, 2‐dibromocyclohexane‐l, 3‐dione (IX). This compound is isomered to 2, 4‐dibromocyclohexane‐l‐, 3‐dione (X), which, by dehydrobromination, yields 2‐bromoresorcinol (III).