1-Bromobutane
Protocols evaluated by Rita C. C. Duarte, on 2014 / 08
Product applications
1-bromobutane is used in combination with magnesium to form carbon-carbon bonds in the Grignard reagent1 and as alkylating agent.2
References:
(1) Everett, T.S. Grignard Synthesis of Various Tertiary Alcohols. J. Chem. Educ. 1998, 75, 86-87.
(2) TOXNET – Toxicology Data Network, http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?HSDB (accessed December 2015).
