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2-Bromoethanol

Catalog No. A10275 Name Alfa Aesar
CAS Number 540-51-2 Website
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Purity 97% Email
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SYNONYMS

Title
2-溴乙醇
IUPAC name
2-bromoethan-1-ol
IUPAC Traditional name
2-bromoethanol
Synonyms
2-Hydroxyethyl bromide
Ethylene bromohydrin

DATABASE IDS

Beilstein Number 878140
EC Number 208-748-1
CAS Number 540-51-2
Merck Index 143792
MDL Number MFCD00002827

PROPERTIES

Purity 97%
Boiling Point 149-150°C
Density 1.762
Flash Point >110°C(230°F)
Melting Point -80°C
Refractive Index 1.4930
GHS Pictograms GHS05
GHS Pictograms GHS06
GHS Pictograms GHS08
GHS Hazard statements H300-H310-H330-H314-H318-H341
European Hazard Symbols Toxic Toxic (T)
GHS Precautionary statements P260-P301+P310-P303+P361+P353-P304+P340-P305+P351+P338-P320-P330-P361-P405-P501A
Risk Statements 23/24/25-34-68
RTECS KJ8225000
Safety Statements 4-9-20-23-26-27-36/37/39-45
Storage Warning Light Sensitive
TSCA Listed
Hazard Class 6.1
UN Number UN2927
Packing Group II

DETAILS

REFERENCES

  • Carboxylic acids protected as their 2-bromoethyl esters are readily deprotected by cleavage with sodium trithiocarbonate: Synthesis, 715 (1974). 2-Bromoethyl esters of amino acids have been cleaved by conversion with NaI (Finkelstein) to the corresponding iodo esters, followed by reductive cleavage with Zn in DMF: Chem. Ber., 112, 2145 (1979); Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 20, 894 (1981). See also Appendix 6.