4-Bromo-2-methoxytoluene

CAS: 67868-73-9

Ref. 3D-FB67535

Product Information

• Name: 4-Bromo-2-methoxytoluene
• Brand: Biosynth
• Description: 4-Bromo-2-methoxytoluene is a lactone compound that has been shown to have bioactivities. It is also known as methoxy, an aromatic organic compound with one methyl substituent and two hydroxyl substituents on a benzene ring. 4-Bromo-2-methoxytoluene is found in the natural products cephalotaxaceae and cephalotaxus. This compound can be synthesized by reacting diisopropylamine with formylation of bromobenzene in the presence of acetic acid followed by treatment with sodium acetate. The chemical structure forms a skeleton containing four carbon atoms and six hydrogen atoms, which are arranged in three rings (a cyclic system). This compound exists as two isomers, namely cis and trans.

Chemical properties

• Molecular weight: 201.06 g/mol
• Formula: C₈H₉BrO
• Purity: Min. 95%
• Color/Form: Powder
• InChI: InChI=1S/C8H9BrO/c1-6-3-4-7(9)5-8(6)10-2/h3-5H,1-2H3
• InChI key: InChIKey=RAQYGVDRDNKTOM-UHFFFAOYSA-N
• SMILES: COc1cc(Br)ccc1C