The authors state this as a general procedure for convertion of any mono- or poly- chlorinated alkane or cycloalkane to the respective bromides. This is achieved through bubbling HBr into chloroalkane and some AlBr3 or AlCl3 at RT , although higher temps are also of use.
...it seems it would work just fine. Nice!
Do you think it would be possible to replace NaI with NaBr in the diiodomethane synth on Rhodium's to give DBM?
https://www.thevespiary.org/rhodium/Rhodium/chemistry/ch2i2.html (https://www.thevespiary.org/rhodium/Rhodium/chemistry/ch2i2.html)