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Enolate ions react with soft Lewis acids such as bromine at the soft carbanion end of the ambidentate enolate Lewis base.
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Br2
         
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Enolate anion (generic)     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Bromine     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
alpha-Bromo ketone (generic)     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Ambidentate Enolate Ions 1
Halogenation
Substitution: Concerted
Substitution: Nucleophilic Second Order

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