3028. 3,5-Dibromosalicylic Acid

Nomenclature

CAS number: 3147-55-5
3,5-Dibromo-2-hydroxybenzoic acid.
C7H4Br2O3; mol wt 295.91.
C 28.41%, H 1.36%, Br 54.01%, O 16.22%.

Description and references

Prepd from salicylic acid and Br2: Earle, Jackson, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 28, 111 (1906); Robertson, J. Chem. Soc. 82, 1481 (1902); and HOBr: Leulier, Pinet, Bull. Soc. Chim. Fr. [4] 41, 1362 (1927).

Chemical structure

Properties

Needles, mp 223°. Sparingly sol in H2O; sol in alc, ether.