SYMMETRICAL TETRABROMO-ETHYL ETHER AND “SOCALLED” TETRABROMOBUTYRALDEHYDE

H Hibbert, SZ Perry, KA Taylor

Index: Hibbert; Perry; Taylor Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1929 , vol. 51, p. 1554

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Abstract

F re~ ndler,~ in the preparation of bromo-acetaldehyde by the bromination of paracetaldehyde isolated a crystalline product which from the analysis he was led to believe was tetrabromobutyraldehyde (CH2BrCHBrCBrz-CHO), although as specifically pointed out by him, the compound possessed none of the usual aldehydic properties. He assumed that it was formed by the crotonization of the bromo-acetaldehyde, followed by addition of a ...