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Bromoform

Catalog No. A11904 Name Alfa Aesar
CAS Number 75-25-2 Website
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Purity 97%, stab. with ca 3% ethanol Email
Storage Chembase ID: 2758

SYNONYMS

Title
溴仿
IUPAC name
tribromomethane
IUPAC Traditional name
bromoform
Synonyms
Tribromomethane

DATABASE IDS

Beilstein Number 1731048
MDL Number MFCD00000128
EC Number 200-854-6
CAS Number 75-25-2
Merck Index 141420

PROPERTIES

Purity 97%, stab. with ca 3% ethanol
Boiling Point 148-150°C
Density 2.81
Flash Point None
Melting Point 8-9°C
Refractive Index 1.5850
GHS Pictograms GHS06
GHS Pictograms GHS08
GHS Pictograms GHS09
GHS Hazard statements H331-H302-H315-H319-H351-H411
European Hazard Symbols Toxic Toxic (T)
European Hazard Symbols Nature polluting Nature polluting (N)
GHS Precautionary statements P261-P305+P351+P338-P302+P352-P321-P405-P501A
Risk Statements 22-23-36/38-40-51/53
RTECS PB5600000
Safety Statements 4-9-20-23-26-28-36/37/39-45-57-63
Storage Warning Light Sensitive
TSCA Listed
Hazard Class 6.1
UN Number UN2515
Packing Group III

DETAILS

REFERENCES

  • Under phase-transfer conditions, allylic bromides undergo nucleophilic displacement by the tribromomethyl anion: J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 210 (1979).
  • For examples of the generation of dibromocarbene, using Potassium tert-butoxide, A13947, as base, see: Org. Synth. Coll., 6, 187 (1988); 7, 200 (1990). Alternatively, reactions can be carried out with aqueous OH- and a phase-transfer catalyst such as Benzyltriethylammonium chloride, A13268: Org. Synth. Coll., 8, 223 (1993), or using crown ether catalysis: Org. Synth., 75, 98 (1997).