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Bromoethane

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Synonym(s):

Ethyl bromide

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C2H5Br
CAS Number:
74-96-4
Molecular Weight:
108.97
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1209224
EC Number:
200-825-8
MDL number:
MFCD00000232
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
24854383
NACRES:
NA.21

vapor density

~3.75 (vs air)

Quality Level

100

vapor pressure

25.32 psi ( 55 °C)
7.54 psi ( 20 °C)

product line

ReagentPlus®

assay

≥99%

form

liquid

autoignition temp.

952 °F

expl. lim.

11.25 %

refractive index

n20/D 1.425 (lit.)

bp

37-40 °C (lit.)

mp

−119 °C (lit.)

density

1.46 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

CCBr

InChI

1S/C2H5Br/c1-2-3/h2H2,1H3

InChI key

RDHPKYGYEGBMSE-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

  • Inhibition of hydrogen-air mixtures by using chemical vapor additives: Compares the effectiveness of bromoethane and other brominated hydrocarbons in minimizing hydrogen hazards (SK Das et al., 2024).

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Carc. 2 - Flam. Liq. 2 - Ozone 1

Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

wgk_germany

WGK 1

flash_point_f

-9.4 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

-23 °C - closed cup

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Microwave Spectrum, Structure, and Quadrupole Coupling Constant Tensor of Ethyl Bromide.
Flanagan C and Pierce L.
J. Chem. Phys., 38(12), 2963-2969 (1963)
Microwave Spectra of Molecules Exhibiting Internal Rotation. V. Barrier Height in Ethyl Chloride and Ethyl Bromide.
Lide Jr DR.
J. Chem. Phys., 30(1), 37-39 (1959)
J W Holder
Toxicology and industrial health, 24(10), 655-675 (2009-01-15)
Chloroethane (CE) gas carcinogenicity is analyzed and determined from a National Toxicology Program (NTP) bioassay where an inhalation concentration of 15,000 ppm CE gas in air produced the highest incidence of an uncommon-to-rare tumor ever observed by the NTP. Persistently
J H Shears et al.
The Biochemical journal, 226(2), 499-507 (1985-03-01)
Photoinactivation of ammonia oxidation by Nitrosomonas europaea cells by near-u.v. light was confirmed and further shown to occur with the same rate constant as loss of bromoethane-oxidation activity. Hydroxylamine oxidation was much less photosensitive. Protection against inactivation was afforded by
Luis Destefano-Beltrán et al.
Journal of experimental botany, 57(11), 2879-2886 (2006-07-13)
The length of potato tuber dormancy depends on both the genotype and the environmental conditions during growth and storage. Abscisic acid (ABA) has been shown to play a critical role in tuber dormancy control but the mechanisms regulating ABA content
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