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Hydrobromic acid

reagent grade, 48%

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
HBr
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
80.91
UNSPSC Code:
12352106
NACRES:
NA.21
PubChem Substance ID:
MDL number:
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
3587158
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Product Name

Hydrobromic acid, reagent grade, 48%

InChI

1S/BrH/h1H

SMILES string

Br

InChI key

CPELXLSAUQHCOX-UHFFFAOYSA-N

grade

reagent grade

vapor density

2.8 (vs air)

vapor pressure

320 psi ( 21.1 °C)
8 mmHg ( 25 °C)

description

48% aqueous HBr

assay

48%

form

liquid

density

1.49 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

Quality Level

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Application

Hydrobromic acid can be used as:      
  • A catalyst in transesterification reactions.      
  • A reagent to synthesize cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) via acidic hydrolysis of cotton fibers.     
  • A reactant to prepare denitrosation reagent.

General description

Hydrobromic acid is the strongest mineral acid that is used as a brominating agent in the preparation of organobromine compounds and inorganic bromides. It is also used as a catalyst in a variety of organic reactions.

pictograms

CorrosionExclamation mark

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Eye Dam. 1 - Met. Corr. 1 - Skin Corr. 1B - STOT SE 3

target_organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class

8B - Non-combustible corrosive hazardous materials

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

Regulatory Information

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The oxidation of acetophenones to arylglyoxals with aqueous hydrobromic acid in dimethyl sulfoxide.
Floyd MB, et al.
The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 50(25), 5022-5027 (1985)
Hydrobromic acid-catalyzed Friedel-Crafts type reactions of naphthols.
Xu C, et al.
Royal Society of Chemistry Advances, 4(4), 1559-1562 (2014)
Production of cellulose nanocrystals using hydrobromic acid and click reactions on their surface.
Sadeghifar H, et al.
J. Mater. Sci., 46(22), 7344-7355 (2011)
M Y Mirza
Talanta, 27(2), 101-106 (1980-02-01)
The extraction of Pd(II), Rh(III), Ir(III), Au(III) and Pt(IV) from hydrochloric and hydrobromic acid with 5% tri-iso-octylamine solution in carbon tetrachloride has been studied. The gold extract from hydrochloric acid is yellow and absorbs at 325 nm, the palladium compound
Efficient bromination of olefins, alkynes, and ketones with dimethyl sulfoxide and hydrobromic acid.
Song S, et al.
Green Chemistry, 17(6), 3285-3289 (2015)

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