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Benzyl 2-bromoethyl ether

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Linear Formula:
C6H5CH2OCH2CH2Br
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
215.09
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22

Assay

97%

refractive index

n20/D 1.541 (lit.)

bp

254 °C (lit.)

density

1.36 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

functional group

bromo
ether
phenyl

SMILES string

BrCCOCc1ccccc1

InChI

1S/C9H11BrO/c10-6-7-11-8-9-4-2-1-3-5-9/h1-5H,6-8H2

InChI key

FWOHDAGPWDEWIB-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

Benzyl 2-bromoethyl ether is an organic building block. Its enthalpy of vaporization at boiling point (527.15K) has been reported to be 46.499kjoule/mol.

Application

Alkylation reagent for synthesis of a macrocyclic antifungal antibiotic.
Building block used to prepare a copper phthalocyanine discotic liquid crystal.

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Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral

Storage Class Code

10 - Combustible liquids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

>235.4 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

> 113 °C - closed cup

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Fodil Bouazza et al.
Organic letters, 5(22), 4049-4052 (2003-10-24)
[reaction: see text]. (-)-PF1163B, a new macrocyclic antifungal antibiotic isolated from Streptomyces sp., has been prepared in eight steps from (S)-citronellene. The key step is a ring-closing metathesis reaction of an ester and amide derivative obtained from a substituted N-methyl-l-tyrosine.
Chemistry of Materials, 17, 1618-1618 (2005)
680290
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