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Acetyl bromide

99%

Synonym(s):

Acetic acid bromide

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Linear Formula:
CH3COBr
CAS Number:
506-96-7
Molecular Weight:
122.95
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1697546
EC Number:
208-061-7
MDL number:
MFCD00000114
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
24848248
NACRES:
NA.22
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vapor density

4.3 (vs air)

Quality Level

200

vapor pressure

92.2 mmHg ( 25 °C)

assay

99%

form

liquid

refractive index

n20/D 1.45 (lit.)

bp

75-77 °C (lit.)

mp

−96 °C (lit.)

solubility

benzene: miscible
chloroform: miscible
diethyl ether: miscible

density

1.663 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

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General description

Acetyl bromide effectively mediates Nazarov cyclization of a cross-conjugated pentadienone to give (±)-methyl rocaglate[1]. It is added to dissolve Arabidopsis lignin during acetyl bromide method for rapid microscale determination of lignin content in Arabidopsis[2].

Application

Acetyl bromide can be used:
  • In the quantification of lignin in cell wall residues of Arabidopsis.[3]
  • In the total synthesis of cinchona alkaloids named quinidine and quinine.[4]
  • To prepare 9,10-diarylanthracenes and triarylmethanes by reacting with arenes and various aromatic aldehydes using ZnBr2/SiO2.[5]
  • To prepare glycosyl bromides from free sugars or their peracetates.[6]

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Corrosion
GHS05

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Danger

hcodes

H290,H314

Hazard Classifications

Eye Dam. 1 - Met. Corr. 1 - Skin Corr. 1B

supp_hazards

EUH014

Storage Class

8A - Combustible corrosive hazardous materials

wgk_germany

WGK 2

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No data available

flash_point_c

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Oliver R A Corea et al.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 908, 229-250 (2012-07-31)
Single and multiple T-DNA knockouts of genes encoding arogenate dehydratases (ADTs) in Arabidopsis were obtained in homozygous form. These were analyzed for potential differences in lignin contents and compositions, as well as for distinct phenotypes over growth and development. Of
Annelie Gutsch et al.
BMC plant biology, 19(1), 271-271 (2019-06-23)
The heavy metal cadmium (Cd) accumulates in the environment due to anthropogenic influences. It is unessential and harmful to all life forms. The plant cell wall forms a physical barrier against environmental stress and changes in the cell wall structure
Catalytic asymmetric total syntheses of quinine and quinidine
Raheem IT, et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 126(3), 706-707 (2004)
Mild one-pot preparation of glycosyl bromides
Hunsen M, et al.
Carbohydrate Research, 340(17), 2670-2674 (2005)
Convenient synthesis of triarylmethanes and 9, 10-diarylanthracenes by alkylation of arenes with aromatic aldehydes using acetyl bromide and ZnBr2/SiO2
Kodomari M, et al.
Tetrahedron Letters, 49(16), 2537-2540 (2008)
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