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2-Bromoethanol, 97%
CAS: 540-51-2 | C2H5BrO | 124.965 g/mol
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Catalog number A10275.14
also known as A10275-14
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40.50
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25 g
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40.50
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Chemical Identifiers
CAS540-51-2
IUPAC Name2-bromoethan-1-ol
Molecular FormulaC2H5BrO
InChI KeyLDLCZOVUSADOIV-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILESOCCBr
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Specifications
Specification Sheet
Specification SheetAppearance (Color)Clear colorless to pale yellow
Refractive Index1.4900-1.4965 @ 20?C
FormLiquid
Identification (FTIR)Conforms
Assay (GC)≥96.0%
2-Bromoethanol is utilized in selective reduction of nitroarenes. It is used as a solvent and organic synthetic raw material. It finds application in the synthesis of 2-piperidin-1-yl-ethanol by reacting with piperidine. It is used in selective reduction of nitroarenes.
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Applications
2-Bromoethanol is utilized in selective reduction of nitroarenes. It is used as a solvent and organic synthetic raw material. It finds application in the synthesis of 2-piperidin-1-yl-ethanol by reacting with piperidine. It is used in selective reduction of nitroarenes.
Solubility
Miscible with water, organic solvent and petroleum ether.
Notes
Light sensitive. Hygroscopic. Store in a cool place. Incompatible with strong acids, strong oxidizing agents, strong reducing agents, acid chlorides and acid anhydrides.
2-Bromoethanol is utilized in selective reduction of nitroarenes. It is used as a solvent and organic synthetic raw material. It finds application in the synthesis of 2-piperidin-1-yl-ethanol by reacting with piperidine. It is used in selective reduction of nitroarenes.
Solubility
Miscible with water, organic solvent and petroleum ether.
Notes
Light sensitive. Hygroscopic. Store in a cool place. Incompatible with strong acids, strong oxidizing agents, strong reducing agents, acid chlorides and acid anhydrides.
RUO – Research Use Only
General References:
- Carboxylic acids protected as their 2-bromoethyl esters are readily deprotected by cleavage with sodium trithiocarbonate: Synthesis, 715 (1974). 2-Bromoethyl esters of amino acids have been cleaved by conversion with NaI (Finkelstein) to the corresponding iodo esters, followed by reductive cleavage with Zn in DMF: Chem. Ber., 112, 2145 (1979); Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 20, 894 (1981). See also Appendix 6.
- Bao, J.; Tranmer, G. K. The utilization of copper flow reactors in organic synthesis. Chem. Commun. 2015, 51 (15), 3037-3044.
- Davis, O. A.; Croft, R. A.; Bull, J. A. Synthesis of diversely functionalised 2, 2-disubstituted oxetanes: fragment motifs in new chemical space. Chem. Commun. 2015, 51 (84), 15446-15449.