Chemistry:Propargyl bromide

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Short description: Chemical compound
Propargyl bromide
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
3-Bromoprop-1-yne
Other names
3-Bromo-1-propyne
Bromopropyne
1-Brom-2-propin
1-Bromo-2-propyne
gamma-Bromoallylene
2-Propynyl bromide
Propargyl bromide
Propynyl bromide
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
UNII
Properties
C3H3Br
Molar mass 118.961 g·mol−1
Appearance colourless liquid
Density 1.57 g/mL (20 °C)[1]
Melting point −61.1 °C (−78.0 °F; 212.1 K)[1]
Boiling point 89 °C (192 °F; 362 K)[1]
insoluble
Solubility Soluble in organic solvents
log P 1.179
Vapor pressure 72 mbar (20 °C)[1]
Hazards
Main hazards Highly Flammable, Toxic, Corrosive
NFPA 704 (fire diamond)
NFPA 704 four-colored diamondFlammability code 3: Liquids and solids that can be ignited under almost all ambient temperature conditions. Flash point between 23 and 38 °C (73 and 100 °F). E.g. gasolineHealth code 3: Short exposure could cause serious temporary or residual injury. E.g. chlorine gasReactivity code 4: Readily capable of detonation or explosive decomposition at normal temperatures and pressures. E.g. nitroglycerinSpecial hazards (white): no code
3
3
4
Flash point 18 °C (64 °F; 291 K)[1]
324 °C (615 °F; 597 K)[1]
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Infobox references

Propargyl bromide, also known as 3-bromo-prop-1-yne, is an organic compound with the chemical formula HC≡CCH2Br. A colorless liquid, it is a halogenated organic compound consisting of propyne with a bromine substituent on the methyl group. It has a lachrymatory effect, like related compounds. The compound is used as a reagent in organic synthesis.

Applications and production

Propargyl bromide may be produced by the treatment of propargyl alcohol with phosphorus tribromide.[2]

Reactions

Propargyl bromide is an alkylating agent. For example, it reacts with dimethylsulfide, it reacts to give the sulfonium salt:[3]

HCCCH
2
Br + S(CH
3
)
2
→ [HCCCH
2
S(CH
3
)
2
]Br

It alkylates even weakly basic amines such as aniline.[4]

Aldehydes react with propargyl bromide in a Barbier-type reaction to yield alkynyl alcohols:[5]

Barbier reaction

At low temperatures, upon treatment with magnesium, propargyl bromide gives the Grignard reagent formally derived from allenyl bromide, i.e., CH2=C=CHMgBr.[6]

Propargyl bromide and its ether derivatives participate in azide-based click reactions.[7]

Safety

Propargyl bromide is a lachrymator and an alkylating agent,[8] This liquid acetylenic endothermic compound may be decomposed by mild shock, and when heated under confinement, it decomposes with explosive violence and may detonate. Addition of 20—30 wt% of toluene makes propargyl bromide insensitive in laboratory impact and confinement tests.[9]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Record in the GESTIS Substance Database of the Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
  2. "Process for Producing Propargyl Bromide". http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6794551.html. Retrieved November 7, 2012. 
  3. P. D. Howes, C. J. M. Stirling (1973). "3-Acetyl-2,4-Dimethylfuran". Organic Syntheses 53: 1. doi:10.15227/orgsyn.053.0001. 
  4. Yu Chen, Anton Dubrovskiy, Richard C. Larock (2012). "Synthesis of Quinolines by Electrophilic Cyclization of N-(2-Alkynyl)Anilines: 3-Iodo-4-Phenylquinoline". Organic Syntheses 89: 294. doi:10.15227/orgsyn.089.0294. 
  5. Jõgi, Artur; Mäeorg, Uno (30 November 2001). "Zn Mediated Regioselective Barbier Reaction of Propargylic Bromides in THF/aq. NH4Cl Solution". Molecules 6 (12): 964–968. doi:10.3390/61200964. 
  6. Henning Hopf, Ingrid Böhm, and Jürgen Kleinschroth (1990). "Diels-Alder Reaction of 1,2,4,5-Hexatetraene: Tetramethyl[2.2]paracyclophane-4,5,12,13-tetracarboxylate". Organic Syntheses 60: 41. doi:10.15227/orgsyn.060.0041. 
  7. Wu, Peng; Feldman, Alina K.; Nugent, Anne K.; Hawker, Craig J.; Scheel, Arnulf; Voit, Brigitte; Pyun, Jeffrey; Fréchet, Jean M. J. et al. (2004). "Efficiency and Fidelity in a Click-Chemistry Route to Triazole Dendrimers by the Copper(I)-Catalyzed Ligation of Azides and Alkynes". Angewandte Chemie International Edition 43 (30): 3928–3932. doi:10.1002/anie.200454078. PMID 15274216. 
  8. "3-Bromo-1-Propyne". https://www.nlm.nih.gov/toxnet/index.html. 
  9. Urben, P.G., ed (2017). "C1". Bretherick's Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards. pp. 81–882. doi:10.1016/B978-0-08-100971-0.00055-X. ISBN 978-0-08-100971-0.