268003
Hydrobromic acid
reagent grade, 48%
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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
HBr
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
80.91
UNSPSC Code:
12352106
NACRES:
NA.21
PubChem Substance ID:
MDL number:
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
3587158
Assay:
48%
Form:
liquid
Grade:
reagent grade
grade
reagent grade
Quality Level
vapor density
2.8 (vs air)
vapor pressure
320 psi ( 21.1 °C), 8 mmHg ( 25 °C)
description
48% aqueous HBr
assay
48%
form
liquid
density
1.49 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)
SMILES string
Br
InChI
1S/BrH/h1H
InChI key
CPELXLSAUQHCOX-UHFFFAOYSA-N
General description
Hydrobromic acid is the strongest mineral acid that is used as a brominating agent in the preparation of organobromine compounds and inorganic bromides. It is also used as a catalyst in a variety of organic reactions.
Application
Hydrobromic acid can be used as:
- A catalyst in transesterification reactions.
- A reagent to synthesize cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) via acidic hydrolysis of cotton fibers.
- A reactant to prepare denitrosation reagent.
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Danger
hcodes
target_organs
Respiratory system
Storage Class
8B - Non-combustible corrosive hazardous materials
flash_point_f
Not applicable
flash_point_c
Not applicable
Hazard Classifications
Eye Dam. 1 - Met. Corr. 1 - Skin Corr. 1A - STOT SE 3
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Hydrobromic acid-catalyzed Friedel-Crafts type reactions of naphthols.
Xu C, et al.
Royal Society of Chemistry Advances, 4(4), 1559-1562 (2014)
The oxidation of acetophenones to arylglyoxals with aqueous hydrobromic acid in dimethyl sulfoxide.
Floyd MB, et al.
The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 50(25), 5022-5027 (1985)
Production of cellulose nanocrystals using hydrobromic acid and click reactions on their surface.
Sadeghifar H, et al.
J. Mater. Sci., 46(22), 7344-7355 (2011)