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Ethyl bromodifluoroacetate is an ester with the chemical formula F 2 Br C H−CO 2 CH 2 CH 3. It can be used to introduce the CF 2 group when synthesising chemical compounds. It is a colorless to yellow liquid. It is an ethyl ester of bromodifluoroacetic acid.
Bromoform was discovered in 1832 by Löwig who distilled a mixture of bromal and potassium hydroxide, as analogous to preparation of chloroform from chloral. [5]Bromoform can be prepared by the haloform reaction using acetone and sodium hypobromite, by the electrolysis of potassium bromide in ethanol, or by treating chloroform with aluminium bromide.
Phenylboronic acid or benzeneboronic acid, abbreviated as PhB(OH) 2 where Ph is the phenyl group C 6 H 5 - and B(OH) 2 is a boronic acid containing a phenyl substituent and two hydroxyl groups attached to boron. Phenylboronic acid is a white powder and is commonly used in organic synthesis.
According to the procedure, solid [PhN 2]BF 4 is heated with a flame to initiate an exothermic reaction, which also affords boron trifluoride and nitrogen gas. Product PhF and BF 3 are readily separated because of their differing boiling points. [2] The technical synthesis is by the reaction of cyclopentadiene with difluorocarbene.
Benzyl bromide is an organic compound with the formula C 6 H 5 CH 2 Br. The molecule consists of a benzene ring substituted with a bromomethyl group. It is a colorless liquid with lachrymatory properties. The compound is a reagent for introducing benzyl groups. [3] [4]
An example involves the conversion of the ethyl ester of 5-bromovaleric acid to the iodide: [4] EtO 2 C(CH 2) 4 Br + NaI → EtO 2 C(CH 2) 4 I + NaBr. Potassium fluoride is used for the conversion of chlorocarbons into fluorocarbons. [5] Such reactions usually employ polar solvents such as dimethyl formamide, ethylene glycol, and dimethyl ...
4-Fluorobromobenzene is synthesized via bromination of fluorobenzene in the presence of a Lewis acid catalyst such as iron(III) bromide or aluminium tribromide. [2]4-Bromofluorobenzene is regarded by the Toxic Substances Control Act as a high production volume chemical, that is, a chemical that 1 million pounds (about 500 tonnes) per year is either produced in or imported to the United States.
Most primary and secondary perfluoroalcohols are unstable, for example trifluoromethanol eliminates hydrogen fluoride, forming carbonyl fluoride. [2] This reaction is reversible. [3] CF 3 OH → COF 2 + HF. Stable perfluorinated alcohols include nonafluoro-tert-butyl alcohol ((CF 3) 3 COH) and pentafluorophenol (C 6 F 5 OH).