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Vinyl bromide
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Vinyl bromide is a simple vinyl halide. It is soluble in chloroform, ethanol, diethyl ether, acetone and benzene.
Uses
Uses
Vinyl bromide is used to manufacture bromopolymers and mainly polyvinyl bromide. Further it is used as a flame retardant and as an alkylation agent.
Safety precautions
Safety precautions
Vinyl bromide is highly flammable liquid and reacts violently with oxidizers.
It is listed in List of IARC Group 2A carcinogens as a suspected human carcinogen.
External links
External links
- Template:ICSC
- Template:PGCH
- MSDS at Oxford University
- MSDS at mathesontrigas.com
- Vinyl bromide at IRIS
- Vinyl bromide at osha.gov
- IARC Summary & Evaluation of vinyl bromide
- Report on Carcinogens Background Document for Vinyl Bromide
- Synthesis of vinyl bromides
- The Kinetics of Pyrolysis of Vinyl Bromide
- UV absorption spectra
- UV Spectrum and Cross Sections
- 1H NMR spectrum