1426. 2-Bromonaphthalene

Nomenclature

CAS number: 580-13-2
β-Bromonaphthalene.
C10H7Br; mol wt 207.07.
C 58.00%, H 3.41%, Br 38.59%.

Description and references

Prepn: Liebermann, Palm, Ann. 183, 267 (1876); Vingiello et al., J. Chem. Educ. 40, 544 (1963).

Chemical structure

Properties

Crystals from alcohol, mp 59°; also reported as mp 54-56° (Vingiello et al., loc. cit.). bp 281-282°, bp4.5 122-127°. d 1.60. Slightly sol in water; sol in 8 parts alcohol; very sol in ether, chloroform, benzene.