Zinc bromide is an optimal catalyst for stereo specific and regioselective reaction of silacyclopropanes with carbonyl compounds. It is used as a transparent shield against radiation, as a fluid to displace drilling muds in transition phases, as a lewis acid in organic chemistry, colloidon emulsions for photography, a nutritional or functional ingredient in food and oral care products..

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