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B17905

Benzyl bromide

reagent grade, 98%

Synonym(s):

α-Bromotoluene

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Linear Formula:
C6H5CH2Br
CAS Number:
100-39-0
Molecular Weight:
171.03
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
24891612
EC Number:
202-847-3
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
385801
MDL number:
MFCD00000172
Assay:
98%
Form:
liquid

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InChI

1S/C7H7Br/c8-6-7-4-2-1-3-5-7/h1-5H,6H2

InChI key

AGEZXYOZHKGVCM-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES string

BrCc1ccccc1

grade

reagent grade

vapor density

5.8 (vs air)

assay

98%

form

liquid

impurities

≤0.5% p-bromotoluene

refractive index

n20/D 1.575 (lit.)

bp

198-199 °C (lit.)

mp

−3-−1 °C (lit.)

density

1.438 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

Quality Level

200

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General description

Benzyl bromide is an aromatic halide that is mainly used as a protecting agent for protecting hydroxy group of alcohols via O-benzylation reaction.

Application

Benzyl bromide has been used as an initiator in the synthesis of poly(styrene-b-methylmethacrylate) copolymers by atom transfer radical polymerization. It can undergo Menschutkin reaction with 1, 2-dimethylimidazole to form 3-benzyl-1, 2-dimethylimidazolium bromide.

pictograms

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GHS07

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Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

target_organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class

6.1A - Combustible acute toxic Cat. 1 and 2 / very toxic hazardous materials

wgk

WGK 2

flash_point_f

186.8 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

86 °C - closed cup

ppe

Faceshields, Gloves, Goggles, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter

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Vanderlisa Rita Meleti et al.
Acta tropica, 202, 105248-105248 (2019-11-05)
This paper reports the synthesis of (±)-licarin A 1, a dihydrobenzofuran neolignan, resultant of an oxidative coupling reaction of isoeugenol and horseradish peroxidase (HRP) enzyme. Following, three semi-synthetic derivatives from this compound were obtained: benzylated (±)-licarin A 2, methylated (±)-licarin
Wing-Yiu Yu et al.
Organic letters, 11(2), 469-472 (2008-12-23)
A Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction of benzyl bromides with alpha-aryldiazoesters is described, and E-alpha,beta-diarylacrylates were obtained in good yields and excellent E-to-Z selectivity (>20:1).
Ke Gao et al.
The Journal of organic chemistry, 72(22), 8611-8613 (2007-10-09)
A multicomponent one-pot reaction of 2-alkynylbenzaldehydes, amines, zinc, and allylic bromide or benzyl bromide using the combination of Mg(ClO4)2/Cu(OTf)2 as catalyst in THF/DCE (1:20) is described, which provides an efficient and practical route for the synthesis of functionalized 1,2-dihydroisoquinolines.
Giuseppe Belletti et al.
Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 26(4), 839-844 (2019-10-31)
Viedma ripening is a deracemization process that has been used to deracemize a range of chiral molecules. The method has two major requirements: the compound needs to crystallize as a conglomerate and it needs to be racemizable under the crystallization
Hon Man Yau et al.
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 14(7), 2521-2534 (2009-07-28)
While there has been much effort in recent years to characterise ionic liquids in terms of parameters that are well described for molecular solvents, using these to explain reaction outcomes remains problematic. Herein we propose that many reaction outcomes in
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