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Trade names | Avertin |
Other names | Tribromoethyl alcohol |
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ECHA InfoCard | 100.000.822 |
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Formula | C2H3Br3O |
Molar mass | 282.757 g·mol−1 |
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Melting point | 73–79 °C (163–174 °F) [1][2] |
Boiling point | 92–93 °C (198–199 °F) at 10 mmHg[1] |
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2,2,2-Tribromoethanol, often called just tribromoethanol, is a chemical compound with formula Br3C−CH2OH. Its molecule can be described as that of ethanol, with the three hydrogen atoms in position 2 (on the methyl group) replaced by bromine. It is a white crystalline solid, soluble in water and other solvents, that absorbs strongly in the UV below 290 nm.[2]
Tribromoethanol is used in medicine and biology as an anesthetic, and has been available commercially for that purpose by the trade name Avertin. It was formerly used on humans[3] and is still often used on laboratory animals,[4] and to capture wild birds.[5] It is also used in plastics industry as a polymerization initiator.[6][7]
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