Prepd by bromination of 1,3,5-cycloheptatriene
in carbon tetrachloride, followed by removal of the CCl4 and heating the residue in vacuo for several days: von
Doering, Knox, J. Am. Chem. Soc.79, 352 (1957); King, Stone, Inorg. Synth.7, 99 (1963).
Properties
Yellow prisms from ethanol, mp 203°. Freely sol in water. Practically
insol in ether.