Enhanced TDS
Knowde-enriched technical product data sheet
Identification & Functionality
- Chemical Family
- Chemical Name
- Base Chemicals Functions
- CAS No.
- 506-68-3
- Technologies
- Product Families
- Chemical Structure
- Chemical Formula
- BrCN
Features & Benefits
- Product Categories
- Inorganic cyanide compounds
- Inorganic reagent
- Synthesis of guanidines
- Synthesis of hydroxyguanidines
- Synthesis of heterocyclic systems
- Synthesis of ureas
- Synthesis of thioureas
Applications & Uses
- Markets
- Applications
- Applicable Processes
- Base Chemicals End Uses
- Typical Applications
- reagent in molecular biology
- peptide mapping
- gold extraction and amino acid sequence analysis
- coupling reagent for phosphoramidate or pyrophosphate inter-nucleotide bonds in DNA duplexes.
- used in organic synthesis to prepare cyanamides, dicyanamides, cyanuric bromide, guanidines and hydroxylguanidines
- involved in the von Braun reaction, it gives disubstituted cyanamides by reacting with tertiary amines
- reacts with phenols to give the cyanate esters
Properties
- Physical Form
- Appearance
- Crystalline solid, Volatile white to light yellow solid. Very sharp penetrating odor
- Physical Properties
Value Units Test Method / Conditions Molecular Weight 105.92 - - Specific Gravity (at 20ºC) 2.015 g/mL - Boiling Point 61 - 62 ºC - Melting Point 50 - 53 ºC - Water Reactive Not reactive - - - Specifications
Value Units Test Method / Conditions Purity/Analysis (minimum by GC) 97.0 % -
Regulatory & Compliance
- Certifications & Compliance
Packaging & Availability
- Availability
- Available for immediate shipment in commercial or packaged quantities