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bromoethane
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Bromoethane, also known as ethyl bromide, is a chemical compound of the haloalkanes group. It is abbreviated by chemists as EtBr (which is also used as an abbreviation for ethidium bromide). This volatile compound has an ether-like odor.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C2H5Br
- Molecular weight
- 108.97 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- bromoethane
- SMILES
- CCBr
- InChIKey
- RDHPKYGYEGBMSE-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 1.4
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 0
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 107.957
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- boiling point
- 38.5
- immediately dangerous to life or health
- 8920
- canonical SMILES
- CCBr
- NIOSH Pocket Guide ID
- 0265
- density
- 1.46
- melting point
- -118.6
- vapor pressure
- 375
- flash point
- 4
- solubility
- 0.9
- lower flammable limit
- 6.8
- upper flammable limit
- 8
- ionization energy
- 10.28
- time-weighted average exposure limit
- 890
- Commons category
- Bromoethane
- chemical formula
- C₂H₅Br
- electric dipole moment
- 2.03
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Bromoethane, also known as ethyl bromide, is a chemical compound of the haloalkanes group. It is abbreviated by chemists as EtBr (which is also used as an abbreviation for ethidium bromide). This volatile compound has an ether-like odor.
==Preparation== The preparation of EtBr stands as a model for the synthesis of bromoalkanes in general. It is usually prepared by the addition of hydrogen bromide to ethene: H2C=CH2 + HBr → H3C-CH2Br