79415-41-1

Basic information

• Product Name: 2,3,4,5,6-PENTABROMOBENZYL ALCOHOL
• Synonyms: 2,3,4,5,6-PENTABROMOBENZYL ALCOHOL;PENTABROMOBENZYL ALCOHOL;2,3,4,5,6-PENTABROMOBENZYL ALCOHOL 97%;2,3,4,5,6-Pentabromobenzyl alcohol,97%
• CAS NO: 79415-41-1
• Molecular Formula: C₇H₃Br₅O
• Molecular Weight: 502.62
• Product Categories: Alcohols;C7 to C8;Oxygen Compounds
• Mol File: 79415-41-1.mol
• Article Data: 5

Chemical Properties

• Melting Point: 260 °C (dec.)(lit.)
• Boiling Point: 473.8 °C at 760 mmHg
• Flash Point: 240.3 °C
• Appearance: White to light yellow/Crystalline Powder
• Density: 2.6939 (rough estimate)
• Vapor Pressure: 8.78E-10mmHg at 25°C
• Refractive Index: 1.5000 (estimate)
• CAS DataBase Reference: 2,3,4,5,6-PENTABROMOBENZYL ALCOHOL(CAS DataBase Reference)
• NIST Chemistry Reference: 2,3,4,5,6-PENTABROMOBENZYL ALCOHOL(79415-41-1)
• EPA Substance Registry System: 2,3,4,5,6-PENTABROMOBENZYL ALCOHOL(79415-41-1)

Safety Data

• Hazard Codes: Xi
• Statements: 36/37/38
• Safety Statements: 26-36
• WGK Germany: 3
• Hazardous Substances Data: 79415-41-1(Hazardous Substances Data)

Usage

Chemical Properties

white to light yellow crystalline powder

Uses

2,3,4,5,6-Pentabromobenzyl Alcohol is used in the synthesis of precursor flame suppressing polymers.

General Description

2,3,4,5,6-Pentabromobenzyl alcohol is an organic building block. It is formed during the hydrolysis of polymeric brominated flame retardant FR-1025.

InChI:InChI=1/C7H3Br5O/c8-3-2(1-13)4(9)6(11)7(12)5(3)10/h13H,1H2

Upstream product

• 64-17-5 ethanol 
• 38521-51-6 2,3,4,5,6-pentabromobenzyl bromide 
• 127-08-2 potassium acetate 
• 86808-70-0 pentabromobenzyl ester of ethoxycarbonylacetic acid 
• 118-96-7 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene 
• 108-88-3 toluene 
• 87-83-2 pentabromotoluene 
• 71-36-3 butan-1-ol 
• 79415-40-0 pentabromobenzyl acetate 

Downstream Products

• 22230-43-9 2,3,4,5,6-pentabromobenzoic acid 
• 22230-42-8 2,3,4,5,6-pentabromobenzaldehyde 

Relevant articles and documents

Polybromoaromatic compounds: XI. Reactions of 2,3,4,5,6-pentabromobenzyl bromide with alcohols and alkali metal alkoxides

2,3,4,5,6-Pentabromobenzyl bromide reacts with primary and secondary alcohols and also with alkali metal alkoxides derived from primary alcohols to form the corresponding pentabromobenzyl ethers in high yields. In the reactions with secondary alkoxides, c

Trisubstituted symmetrical triazines

Triazine derivatives of the formula: are described, wherein: R1, R2 and R3 are the same or different and represent a ring perhalogenated benzyl and/or xylylidene, and which are bonded to the triazine ring on the N atoms when the ring is saturated, or on the O atoms when the ring is unsaturated, and n is an integer between 1 and 5. The invention is further directed to flame-retardant compositions and to plastic compositions which comprise a compound of formula I.

POLYBROMO AROMATIC COMPOUNDS. I. SYNTHESIS OF SOME DERIVATIVES CONTAINING A PENTABROMOPHENYL RESIDUE

The synthesis of pentabromobenzyl bromide has been carried out, and its nucleophilic substitution reactions with alcohols, amines, sodium acetate, and silver nitrite have been studied.The C-Br bond in the bromomethyl group of pentabromobenzyl bromide readily undergoes homolysis, resulting in reductive dehalogenation.