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2,2,3-Tribromopropanal is a versatile reagent that was used for the first time in the 1950s. It is used as a reagent in the Skraup-type synthesis of 3-bromoquinolin-6-ols. 2,2,3-Tribromopropanal is also used in the preparation of quinolinyloxyacetamides, a novel class of tubulin polymerization inhibitors with fungicidal activity.