Reaction of phenols with calculated amounts of benzyltrimethylammonium tribromide or tetrabutylammonium tribromide in dichloromethane–methanol for 0.5–1 h under mild conditions gave, selectively, the objective mono-, di-, or tribromophenols in good yields.
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Kajigaeshi et al. (1987) studied this question.