Sodium bromide is used in pharmaceutical applications, used in photographic processing and chemical intermediate for production of chemicals and bromides. It is widely used as an anticonvulsant. Also used for the preparation of drilling fluids, completion fluids and drilling muds formulations.
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Applications
Sodium bromide is used in pharmaceutical applications, used in photographic processing and chemical intermediate for production of chemicals and bromides. It is widely used as an anticonvulsant. Also used for the preparation of drilling fluids, completion fluids and drilling muds formulations.
Solubility
Soluble in water, soluble in alcohol.
Notes
It is thermally and chemically stable. Hygroscopic. Sodium bromide is non-flammable and when strongly heated it may emit bromine fumes.
RUO – Research Use Only
General References:
- For use in a facile method for conversion of primary alkyl chlorides to bromides, see: Synth. Commun., 14, 1313 (1984). In combination with TMS chloride and bromine in 2:1 methanol-acetonitrile, provides a method for the ɑ -bromination of dimethyl acetals: Gazz. Chim. Ital., 123, 629 (1993).
- Srinivasa Rao, K.; Gehlot, P. S.; Gupta, H.; Drechsler, M.; Kumar, A. Sodium Bromide Induced Micelle to Vesicle Transitions of Newly Synthesized Anionic Surface Active Ionic Liquids Based on Dodecylbenzenesulfonate. J. Phys. Chem. B 2015, 119, (11), 4263-4274.
- Wang, G. W.; Gao, J. Solvent-free bromination reactions with sodium bromide and oxone promoted by mechanical milling. Green Chem. 2012, 14, (4), 1125-1131.