124052

Bromoethane

reagent grade, 98%

• Synonym(s): Ethyl bromide
• Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): C₂H₅Br
• CAS Number: 74-96-4
• Molecular Weight: 108.97
• Beilstein/REAXYS Number: 1209224
• EC Number: 200-825-8
• MDL number: MFCD00000232
• UNSPSC Code: 12352100
• PubChem Substance ID: 24847593
• NACRES: NA.21

Properties

• grade: reagent grade
• Quality Level: 200
• vapor density: ~3.75 (vs air)
• vapor pressure: 25.32 psi ( 55 °C); 7.54 psi ( 20 °C)
• assay: 98%
• form: liquid
• autoignition temp.: 952 °F
• expl. lim.: 11.25 %
• refractive index: n20/D 1.425 (lit.)
• bp: 37-40 °C (lit.)
• mp: −119 °C (lit.)
• density: 1.46 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)
• functional group: alkyl halide; bromo
• SMILES string: CCBr
• InChI: 1S/C2H5Br/c1-2-3/h2H2,1H3
• InChI key: RDHPKYGYEGBMSE-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Description

General description

Bromoethane (Ethyl bromide) is an alkyl halide. Microwave spectral investigations of ethyl bromide and its isotopic species have been reported. It has been synthesized either by employing Grignard waste water as a precursor3 or by reacting potassium bromide with concentrated sulfuric acid in ethanol.

Application

Bromoethane may be employed as a promoter during the preparation of 1-butene.4 It has been used to prepare anion-exchange membranes, which can be used for the isolation and purification of plasmid DNA and also for the separation of plasmid DNA and RNA from cell lysates, measured using ultraviolet-visible light spectrophotometer.

Safety Information

• pictograms: GHS02,GHS08,GHS07
• signalword: Danger
• hcodes: H225,H302 + H332,H351,H420
• pcodes: P202 - P210 - P301 + P312 - P304 + P340 + P312 - P308 + P313 - P502
• Hazard Classifications: Acute Tox. 4 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Carc. 2 - Flam. Liq. 2 - Ozone 1
• Storage Class: 3 - Flammable liquids
• wgk_germany: WGK 1
• flash_point_f: -9.4 °F - closed cup
• flash_point_c: -23 °C - closed cup
• ppe: Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves