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Phenacyl bromide

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Boiling point
  
136 °C

Appearance
  
Colorless solid

Melting point
  
50 °C

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Phenacyl bromide is the organic compound with the formula C6H5C(O)CH2Br. This colourless solid is a powerful lachrymator as well as a useful precursor to other organic compounds.

It is prepared by bromination of acetophenone:

C6H5C(O)CH3 + Br2 → C6H5C(O)CH2Br + HBr

The compound was first reported in 1871.

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