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2-bromopropane
Sign in to save2-Bromopropane, also known as isopropyl bromide and 2-propyl bromide, is the halogenated hydrocarbon with the formula CH3CHBrCH3. It is a colorless liquid. It is used for introducing the isopropyl functional group in organic synthesis. 2-Bromopropane is prepared by heating isopropanol with hydrobromic acid.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C3H7Br
- Molecular weight
- 122.99 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 2-bromopropane
- SMILES
- CC(C)Br
- InChIKey
- NAMYKGVDVNBCFQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 1.8
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 0
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Research
88 papers- PMID 400731702024
- Neuro-reproductive toxicities of 1-bromopropane and 2-bromopropane.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2005
- Carcinogenicity of anthracene, 2-bromopropane, butyl methacrylate, and dimethyl hydrogen phosphite.The Lancet. Oncology · 2023
- LC50 of 2-bromopropane.Industrial health · 1996
- Multi-organ carcinogenicity by inhalation exposure to 2-Bromopropane in rats.Journal of occupational health · 2023
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Mass
- 121.973
- Has use
- solvent
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- chemical formula
- C₃H₇Br
- canonical SMILES
- CC(C)Br
- melting point
- -89
- Commons category
- 2-Bromopropane
- electric dipole moment
- 2.21
- ionization energy
- 10.07
- boiling point
- 59.5
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Preparation
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2-Bromopropane, also known as isopropyl bromide and 2-propyl bromide, is the halogenated hydrocarbon with the formula CH3CHBrCH3. It is a colorless liquid. It is used for introducing the isopropyl functional group in organic synthesis. 2-Bromopropane is prepared by heating isopropanol with hydrobromic acid.
==Preparation== 2-Bromopropane is commercially available. It may be prepared in the ordinary manner of alkyl bromides, by reacting isopropanol with phosphorus and bromine, or with phosphorus tribromide.
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