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Tetrabromomethane

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Synonym(s):

Carbon tetrabromide

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
CBr4
CAS Number:
558-13-4
Molecular Weight:
331.63
UNSPSC Code:
12352101
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
24892347
EC Number:
209-189-6
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1732799
MDL number:
MFCD00000117
Assay:
99%
Form:
crystals
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vapor pressure

40 mmHg ( 96 °C)

Quality Level

200

product line

ReagentPlus®

assay

99%

form

crystals

bp

190 °C (lit.)

mp

88-90 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

BrC(Br)(Br)Br

InChI

1S/CBr4/c2-1(3,4)5

InChI key

HJUGFYREWKUQJT-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

Tetrabromomethane can serve as a mediator, catalyst, and reagent in the synthesis of valuable chemicals.

Application

Tetrabromomethane may be used in the following applications:
  • As a transfer agent for the copolymerization of methylmethacrylate and p-divinylbenzene to form soluble crosslinked polymers.
  • As a catalyst for the aerobic photooxidative synthesis of aromatic esters from benzyl alcohols under metal-free conditions.
  • Bromination of adamantane and its derivatives in the presence of iron compounds as catalyst.

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

target_organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Aerobic oxidative esterification of benzyl alcohols with catalytic tetrabromomethane under visible light irradiation.
Nobuta T
Tetrahedron Letters, 53(39), 5306-5308 (2012)
Bromination of adamantane and its derivatives with tetrabromomethane catalyzed by iron compounds.
Khusnutdinov RI
Russ. J. Org. Chem., 51(2), 184-187 (2015)
Recent advances in the application of tetrabromomethane in organic synthesis
Kumar S, et al.
Inorganic chemistry frontiers, 8(15), 4288-4314 (2021)
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