3018. 9,10-Dibromoanthracene

Nomenclature

CAS number: 523-27-3
C14H8Br2; mol wt 336.02.
C 50.04%, H 2.40%, Br 47.56%.

Description and references

Made by brominating a suspension of anthracene in CCl4: Heilbron, Heaton, Org. Synth. 3, 41 (1923).

Chemical structure

Properties

Yellow needles from xylene, mp 226°. Sublimes. Absorption max: Conrad-Billroth, Z. Phys. Chem. (Leipzig) 33B, 133 (1936). Insol in water; slightly sol in alcohol, ether, cold benzene; sol in hot benzene, hot toluene. Oxidation gives anthraquinone.

Derivative

Addn compd with sym-trinitrobenzene.
C20H11Br2N3O6; mol wt 549.13.
C 43.74%, H 2.02%, Br 29.10%, N 7.65%, O 17.48%.

Properties

mp 179°.