(1-Bromoethyl)benzene has been employed in controlled radical polymerization of styrene, in asymmetric esterification of benzoic acid in the presence of a chiral cyclic guanidine and as initiator in the synthesis of bromine terminated polyp-methoxystyrene and polystyrene via atom transfer radical polymerization.
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Applications
(1-Bromoethyl)benzene has been employed in controlled radical polymerization of styrene, in asymmetric esterification of benzoic acid in the presence of a chiral cyclic guanidine and as initiator in the synthesis of bromine terminated polyp-methoxystyrene and polystyrene via atom transfer radical polymerization.
Solubility
Soluble in alcohol, ether, and benzene.
Notes
Moisture Sensitive. Do not store together with strongly basic and oxidizing materials.
RUO – Research Use Only
General References:
- F. Seutter-berlage; L. P. C. Delbressine; F. L. M. Smeets & M. A. P. Wagenaars-zegers. Mechanism of formation of mercapturic acids from (1-bromoethyl)benzene and (2-bromoethyl)benzene in the rat. Xenobiotica: the fate of foreign compounds in biological systems.2012, 105 (10), 397-398.