N-Bromosuccinimide

C4H4BrNO2CAS 128-08-5177.99 g/mol

OONBr
AmideLactam

Properties

Molecular formula
C4H4BrNO2
Molar mass
177.99 g/mol
Exact mass
176.9425 Da
Density
2.098 g/mL (at 25 °C)
Melting point
174 °C
Water solubility
14.7 g/L (25 °C)
logP
0.45Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
37.4 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
0 / 2
Rotatable bonds
0

Hazards

Danger
Oxidizer (GHS03)Corrosive (GHS05)Irritant (GHS07)Health Hazard (GHS08)Environmental Hazard (GHS09)

Aggregated from 199 ECHA notifications, via PubChem; a share says how many notifiers assign that statement.

Precautionary statements

P203, P210, P220, P234, P260, P261, P264, P264+P265, P270, P271, P272, P273, P280, P301+P317, P301+P330+P331, P302+P352, P302+P361+P354, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P305+P354+P338, P316, P318, P319, P321, P330, P332+P317, P333+P317, P337+P317, P362+P364, P363, P370+P378, P390, P391, P403+P233, P405, P406, P501

Identifiers

CAS number
128-08-5
SMILES
O=C1CCC(=O)N1Br
InChIKey
PCLIMKBDDGJMGD-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C4H4BrNO2/c5-6-3(7)1-2-4(6)8/h1-2H2

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Names and synonyms

8 names
  • 2,5-Pyrrolidinedione, 1-bromo-
  • Succinimide, N-bromo-
  • 1-Bromo-2,5-pyrrolidinedione
  • NBS
  • Succinbromimide
  • Bromosuccinimide
  • NSC 16
  • N-Bromobutanimide

Safety data sheets

One stored sheet lists this compound in section 3, matched by the CAS number 128-08-5. Each row opens the sheet with its composition and PDF.

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Similar compounds

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.

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