Tert-Butyl bromide
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tert-Butyl bromide is an organic compound
with a tert-butyl carbon frame and a bromine
substituent. This organobromine compound
is used as a raw material in synthetic organic chemistry. The compound is isomeric with 1-bromobutane
and 2-bromobutane
.
Organic compound
An organic compound is any member of a large class of gaseous, liquid, or solid chemical compounds whose molecules contain carbon. For historical reasons discussed below, a few types of carbon-containing compounds such as carbides, carbonates, simple oxides of carbon, and cyanides, as well as the...
with a tert-butyl carbon frame and a bromine
Bromine
Bromine ") is a chemical element with the symbol Br, an atomic number of 35, and an atomic mass of 79.904. It is in the halogen element group. The element was isolated independently by two chemists, Carl Jacob Löwig and Antoine Jerome Balard, in 1825–1826...
substituent. This organobromine compound
Organobromine compound
Organobromine compounds are organic compounds that contain carbon bonded to bromine. The most pervasive is the naturally produced bromomethane. One prominent application is the use of polybrominated diphenyl ethers as fire-retardants. A variety of minor organobromine compounds are found in...
is used as a raw material in synthetic organic chemistry. The compound is isomeric with 1-bromobutane
1-Bromobutane
1-Bromobutane is a colorless liquid that is insoluble in water, but soluble in ethanol and diethyl ether. As a primary alkyl halide, it is especially prone to SN2 type reactions...
and 2-bromobutane
2-Bromobutane
2-Bromobutane is an isomer of 1-bromobutane. Both compounds share the molecular formula C4H9Br. 2-Bromobutane is also known as sec-butyl bromide or methylethylbromomethane. Because it contains bromine, a halogen, it is part of a larger class of compounds known as alkyl halides. It is a...
.