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tribromoethanol
Sign in to saveAlso known as tribromoethyl alcohol, 2,2,2-tribromoethanol, Avertin
2,2,2-Tribromoethanol, often called just tribromoethanol, is a chemical compound with formula . Its molecule can be described as that of ethanol, with the three hydrogen atoms in position 2 (on the methyl group) replaced by bromine. It is a white crystalline solid, soluble in water and other solvents, that absorbs strongly in the UV below 290 nm.
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Within Vinony's link graph, tribromoethanol is referenced by 679 other articles, and connects out to ginkgolide, picrotoxin and benzodiazepine drug.
Vinony files it under Anesthetics, Chemical pages without DrugBank identifier and Drugs missing an ATC code.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C2H3Br3O
- Molecular weight
- 282.76 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 2,2,2-tribromoethanol
- SMILES
- C(C(Br)(Br)Br)O
- InChIKey
- YFDSDPIBEUFTMI-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 2.1
- Polar surface area
- 20.2 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Research
194 papers- A review of tribromoethanol anesthesia for production of genetically engineered mice and rats.Lab animal · 2005
- Adverse effects of tribromoethanol as used in the production of transgenic mice.Laboratory animals · 1998
- Tribromoethanol-medetomidine combination provides a safe and reversible anesthetic effect in Sprague-Dawley rats.Contemporary topics in laboratory animal science · 2005
- Tribromoethanol (Avertin) as an anaesthetic in mice.Laboratory animals · 1999
- Revisiting tribromoethanol as a safe and effective murine anesthetic for veterinary clinical and biomedical research.Veterinary immunology and immunopathology · 2025
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 279.773401016
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- canonical SMILES
- C(C(Br)(Br)Br)O
- chemical formula
- C₂H₃Br₃O
- subject has role
- anesthetic
- melting point
- 79
- Commons category
- 2,2,2-Tribromoethanol
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Uses
- Animal anesthetic
- Wildlife capture
- Human anesthetic
- Polymerization initiator
- Chemistry
- Photolysis
- See also
- References
2,2,2-Tribromoethanol, often called just tribromoethanol, is a chemical compound with formula . Its molecule can be described as that of ethanol, with the three hydrogen atoms in position 2 (on the methyl group) replaced by bromine. It is a white crystalline solid, soluble in water and other solvents, that absorbs strongly in the UV below 290 nm.
Tribromoethanol is used in medicine and biology as an anesthetic, and has been available commercially for that purpose by the trade name Avertin. It was formerly used on humans and is still often used on laboratory animals, and to capture wild birds. It is also used in plastics industry as a polymerization initiator.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “tribromoethanol” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.