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2-bromopyridine
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2-Bromopyridine is an aryl bromide and isomer of bromopyridine with the formula BrC5H4N. It is a colorless liquid that is used as an intermediate in organic synthesis. It can be prepared from 2-aminopyridine via diazotization followed by bromination.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C5H4BrN
- Molecular weight
- 158 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 2-bromopyridine
- SMILES
- C1=CC=NC(=C1)Br
- InChIKey
- IMRWILPUOVGIMU-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 1.4
- Polar surface area
- 12.9 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
- Subclass of
- pyridine alkaloid
- Mass
- 156.953
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- chemical formula
- C₅H₄BrN
- canonical SMILES
- C1=CC=NC(=C1)Br
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- 2-Bromopyridine
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Reactions
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2-Bromopyridine is an aryl bromide and isomer of bromopyridine with the formula BrC5H4N. It is a colorless liquid that is used as an intermediate in organic synthesis. It can be prepared from 2-aminopyridine via diazotization followed by bromination.
==Reactions== Like 2-chloropyridine, 2-bromopyridine is very weakly basic.
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