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cyclohexyl bromide
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Bromocyclohexane (also called cyclohexyl bromide, abbreviated CXB) is an organic compound with the chemical formula .
Chemical data
- Formula
- C6H11Br
- Molecular weight
- 163.06 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- bromocyclohexane
- SMILES
- C1CCC(CC1)Br
- InChIKey
- AQNQQHJNRPDOQV-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 3.2
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 0
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Mass
- 162.004
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- chemical formula
- C₆H₁₁Br
- canonical SMILES
- C1CCC(CC1)Br
- melting point
- -57.0
- Commons category
- Bromocyclohexane
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Uses and reactions
- Synthesis
- Safety
- References
Bromocyclohexane (also called cyclohexyl bromide, abbreviated CXB) is an organic compound with the chemical formula .
==Uses and reactions== It is used to match the refractive index of PMMA for example in confocal microscopy of colloids. A mixture of cis-decalin and CXB can simultaneously match optical index and density of PMMA. Due to the moderate dielectric constant of CXB (ε = 7.9 ), PMMA acquires charges that can be screened by the addition of salt (e.g. tetrabutyl ammonium bromide), leading to a very good approximation of colloidal hard sphere. A drawback is that CXB is a good solvent for PMMA, causing it to swell over time, which may lead to a poor determination of particle radii and determination of solid volume fraction.
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