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Usage

Uses

Used in Flame Retardant Industry:
2,4-DIBROMOBIPHENYL is used as a flame retardant additive for enhancing the fire resistance of various materials. Its chemical structure allows it to slow down the combustion process, making it valuable in industries such as plastics, textiles, and electronics where fire safety is a critical concern.
However, due to the environmental and health hazards associated with 2,4-DIBROMOBIPHENYL, including its tendency to bioaccumulate and persist in the environment, it is being phased out in many countries. The industry is actively seeking and developing safer alternatives to replace this chemical compound in flame retardant applications, ensuring both safety and sustainability in the production and use of materials.

InChI:InChI=1/C12H8Br2/c13-10-6-7-11(12(14)8-10)9-4-2-1-3-5-9/h1-8H

Upstream product

• 615-57-6 2,4-dibromo-aniline 
• 860577-48-6 N-(4,5-dibromo-biphenyl-3-yl)-acetamide 
• 2243-47-2 3-biphenyl amine 
• 611-00-7 2,4-dibromobenzoic acid 
• 71-43-2 benzene 
• 19393-94-3 2,4-dibromo-1-iodo-benzene 
• 98-80-6 phenylboronic acid 
• 2113-54-4 N-(biphenyl-3-yl)acetamide 
• 2113-58-8 3-nitro-1,1'-biphenyl 
• 16278-29-8 3-nitrobenzenediazonium 

Downstream Products

• 92-52-4 biphenyl 
• 2052-07-5 2-Bromobiphenyl 
• 92-69-3 4-Phenylphenol 
• 108-95-2 phenol 
• 611-00-7 2,4-dibromobenzoic acid 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Functionalizations of Mixtures of Regioisomeric Aryllithium Compounds by Selective Trapping with Dichlorozirconocene

The reaction of mixtures of aryllithium regioisomers obtained either by directed lithiation or by Br/Li exchange with substoichiometric amounts of Cp2ZrCl2 proceeds with high regioselectivity. The least sterically hindered regioisome

Silver-catalyzed arylation of (hetero)arenes by oxidative decarboxylation of aromatic carboxylic acids

A long-standing challenge in Minisci reactions is achieving the arylation of heteroarenes by oxidative decarboxylation of aromatic carboxylic acids. To address this challenge, the silver-catalyzed intermolecular Minisci reaction of aromatic carboxylic acids was developed. With an inexpensive silver salt as a catalyst, this new reaction enables a variety of aromatic carboxylic acids to undergo decarboxylative coupling with electron-deficient arenes or heteroarenes regardless of the position of the substituents on the aromatic carboxylic acid, thus eliminating the need for ortho-substituted aromatic carboxylic acids, which were a limitation of previously reported methods.

Process for the preparation of bromoarylacetylene and aryldiacetylene precursors

Bromoarylacetylenes such as m-bromophenylacetylene and certain precursors to such bromoarylacetylene are prepared by reacting an aryldibromide with a substituted terminal acetylene compound containing at least three carbon atoms and a hydroxy group on the carbon atom adjacent to the acetylene group in the presence of a dialkyl or trialkyl amine solvent and a catalyst system consisting of a palladium complex containing two halogen moieties and two tri-substituted phosphine moieties. Additional triphenylphosphine can be added. A cuprous iodide promoter is also employed in the reaction sequence. The bromoarylacetylenes can be reacted with a substituted terminal acetylene compound as defined using the same catalyst system as defined to produce the corresponding aryldihydroxy substituted acetylenes. Certain bromophenylhydroxy substituted acetylenes are claimed as new compositions.