IV. BROMINATION OF 2-PHENYL-1,2,3,2H-TRIAZOLEAddition of silver sulphate t o a solution of bromine in concentrated sulphuric acid produces a highly reactive electrophilic brominating species, which is probably AgBr,+ (cf. Arotsky and Symons (1)). In previous work (2), we have used this combination of reagents to effect selective para bromination of 1-phenylpyrazole (which probably reacts in the form of its conjugate acid under the reaction conditions).The present note reports the application of this bromination technique t o 2-phenyl-1,2,3,2H-triazole (I), where 2-9-bromophenyl-1,2,3,2H-triazole (11), m.p. 113O, is obtained. Apparently, the highly reactive "positive bromine" overcomes the deactivating influence of the electron-attracting triazole ring (cf. ref.3), even under circumstances where this influence may be enhanced as a result of protonation in the strongly acidic reaction medium.The proton magnetic resonance spectrum of the bromination product of I offered a particularly simple proof of structure 11: it showed a typical pattern centered a t a T value of 2.25 for the four protons of the P-bromophenyl group, and a single line a t r 2.25 for the two equivalent protons of the triazole ring. Analysis of the AzBz pattern assuming that JAB' = 0 and JA = J B (cf. Richards and Schaefer (4)) gave J A B = 9.4 C/S, and an A-B chemical shift separation of 0.39 T. Since the triazolyl group in derivatives of I is known to be strongly electron attracting (3), it is presumed that the protons ortho to the triazole ring would have the lower r values in the absence of spin-spin coupling, and on this basis it is possible to deduce r 2.056 for the protons ortho t o the triazole ring, and T 2.445 for the protons ortho to the bromine atom. If we assume, following Pople, Schneider, and Bernstein (5), that the chemical shift of a proton in a 1-X, 4-Y benzene will be X,+Ym a t the 2-position, and X,+Y, a t the 3-position (X,, X, and Y,, Ym are the chemical shifts of the ortho and meta protons in the monosubstituted benzenes C6HbX and CGHSY), and also that the chemical shifts of the protons influenced by the triazolyl group are similar to those under the corresponding influence of a nitro group (supporting evidence for this assumption is presented below), these T values appear reasonable.The T value 2.25, observed for the protons of the triazole ring in 11, is consistent with the positions noted for the proton resonances in other five-membered nitrogen heterocyclic compounds. Thus, Reddy, Hobgood, and Goldstein (6) found T 2.30 and 2.86 for the 2-and 4(5)-protons of imidazole, while Moore and Whittaker (7) found r 1.77 for the ring proton of 2-ethyltetrazole.