Abstract
Structurally varied vicinal dibromides have been synthesized in high yield and good purity through highly stereoselective anti‐addition of bromine across the olefinic linkages using dioxane dibromide (DD) under solvent‐free conditions.
Acknowledgments
Financial support from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India (CSIR), New Delhi [Grant No. 01(1673)/00/EMR‐II] is gratefully acknowledged. S. R. thanks the University Grants Commission Government of India (UGC), New Delhi, and M. S. thanks CSIR, New Delhi, for Junior Research Fellowships. The authors express profound thanks to N. Dutta of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS) for necessary assistance.