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bromoacetone
Sign in to saveAlso known as acetonyl bromide, martonite, monobromoacetone, Bromomethyl methyl ketone, alpha-Bromoacetone, 1-Bromo-2-propanone
Bromoacetone is an organic compound with the formula . It is a colorless liquid although impure samples appear yellow or even brown. It is a lachrymatory agent and a precursor to other organic compounds.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C3H5BrO
- Molecular weight
- 136.98 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 1-bromopropan-2-one
- SMILES
- CC(=O)CBr
- InChIKey
- VQFAIAKCILWQPZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 0.7
- Polar surface area
- 17.1 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Wikidata facts
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- found in taxon
- Asparagopsis taxiformis
- canonical SMILES
- CC(=O)CBr
- chemical formula
- C₃H₅BrO
- Commons category
- Bromoacetone
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Occurrence in nature
- Synthesis
- Applications
- See also
- References
Bromoacetone is an organic compound with the formula . It is a colorless liquid although impure samples appear yellow or even brown. It is a lachrymatory agent and a precursor to other organic compounds.
==Occurrence in nature== Bromoacetone is present (less than 1%) in the essential oil of a seaweed (Asparagopsis taxiformis) from the vicinity of the Hawaiian Islands.
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