9609. Tribromoacetic Acid

Nomenclature

CAS number: 75-96-7
C2HBr3O2; mol wt 296.74.
C 8.10%, H 0.34%, Br 80.78%, O 10.78%.
CBr3COOH.

Description and references

Prepn: Müller, US 2057964 (1936 to Winthrop Chem.); A. M. Kovalevskaya, S. A. Shkylar, Zh. Org. Khim. 1, 1540 (1965). Study of far IR spectrum: G. Statz, E. Lippert, Ber. Bunsen-Ges. Phys. Chem. 71, 673 (1967).

Properties

Monoclinic prisms, mp 129-135°. bp 245° (dec). Sol in water, alcohol, ether; slightly sol in petr ether. Dec in boiling water to bromoform.

Use

Catalyst for polymerization; as brominating agent: W. J. Szczepek, Pol. J. Chem. 55, 709 (1981).