clear pale yellow to yellow-brownish liquid
1-Bromopinacolone is used as an iIntermediate for triazole compounds ( a five-membered ring structure compound contains three nitrogens and two carbons in the ring) which have biological activities such as antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal and antituberculous.
1-Bromopinacolone is an α-bromoketone-aldehyde. Coupling of 1-bromopinacolone with various aldehyde electrophiles catalyzed by SmI2 has been reported. It acts as reversible competitive inhibitor for acetylcholinesterase, during hydrolysis of acetylcholine.