Chemical Properties
Pale orange to red or brown crystalline powder
Uses
3-Iodobenzyl bromide (3-IBBr,
m-iodobenzyl bromide) was used as a derivatization reagent for the extraction and purification of thiouracil (TU).
It may be used in the synthesis of the following:
- meta-substituted phenylalanine derivatives
- N6-substituted aristeromycin derivative
- (N)-methanocarba-N6-(3-iodobenzyl)adenosine
General Description
3-Iodobenzyl bromide (3-IBBr,
m-iodobenzyl bromide) is a
meta-isomer of iodobenzyl bromide. It can be synthesized by the bromination of
m-iodotoluene.
