2-Bromoethanol

C2H5BrOCAS 540-51-2124.97 g/mol

HOBr
AlcoholAlkyl halide

Properties

Molecular formula
C2H5BrO
Molar mass
124.97 g/mol
Exact mass
123.9524 Da
Density
1.7902 g/mL (at 40 °C)
Boiling point
150 °C
Flash point
40.6 °C
Water solubility
10–50 g/L (18.9 °C)
logP
0.37Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
20.2 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
1 / 1
Rotatable bonds
1

Hazards

Danger
Corrosive (GHS05)Acute Toxic (GHS06)

Aggregated from 111 ECHA notifications, via PubChem; a share says how many notifiers assign that statement.

Precautionary statements

P260, P261, P262, P264, P270, P271, P280, P301+P316, P301+P330+P331, P302+P352, P302+P361+P354, P304+P340, P305+P354+P338, P316, P321, P330, P361+P364, P363, P403+P233, P405, P501

Identifiers

CAS number
540-51-2
SMILES
OCCBr
InChIKey
LDLCZOVUSADOIV-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C2H5BrO/c3-1-2-4/h4H,1-2H2

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Names and synonyms

9 names
  • Ethanol, 2-bromo-
  • Glycol bromohydrin
  • Ethylene bromohydrin
  • 2-Hydroxyethyl bromide
  • 1-Bromo-2-ethanol
  • β-Bromoethanol
  • 1-Bromo-2-hydroxyethane
  • 2-Bromoethyl alcohol
  • NSC 2869

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