873981-29-4

Basic information

• Product Name: 9-bromomethyl-2-methylanthracene
• Synonyms: 9-bromomethyl-2-methylanthracene
• CAS NO: 873981-29-4
• Molecular Weight: 285.183
• Mol File: 873981-29-4.mol
• Article Data: 1

Chemical Properties

• CAS DataBase Reference: 9-bromomethyl-2-methylanthracene(CAS DataBase Reference)
• NIST Chemistry Reference: 9-bromomethyl-2-methylanthracene(873981-29-4)
• EPA Substance Registry System: 9-bromomethyl-2-methylanthracene(873981-29-4)

Safety Data

• Hazardous Substances Data: 873981-29-4(Hazardous Substances Data)

Upstream product

• 50259-89-7 2-Methyl-10H-anthracen-9-one 
• 84-54-8 2-methylanthracene-9,10-dione 
• 75-15-0 carbon disulfide 
• 27532-75-8 2,9-dimethylanthracene 
• 7726-95-6 bromine 

Relevant articles and documents

Reactions of Copper(II) Halides with Aromatic Compounds. Part XIII. The Mechanism of Halogenation of some Substituted 9-methylanthracenes.

Halogenations of 2-chloro-9-methylanthracene and 2,9-dimethylanthracene with copper(II) bromide in refluxing carbon tetrachloride and copper(II) chloride in refluxing chlorobenzene give exclusively the corresponding 10-halogenated products whereas brominations under radical conditions give the 9-bromoethyl compounds.These results support a mechanism involving direct attack by the copper(II) halide on the substrate, probably via a ?-complex between the copper(II) halide and the substituted anthracene, to give initially a 10-halogeno-9-methyl-9,10-dihydro-9-anthryl radical.Halogenation of 1,4,9-trimethylanthracene with copper(II) halides, a much slower reaction, is postulated to proceed by an electron-transfer mechanism.