| Appearance | N/A |
| Content of Zinc | N/A |
| Boiling Point | 156°C (lit.) |
| Melting Point | −31°C (lit.) |
| Vapor Pressure | N/A |
| % Volatile by Weight | N/A |
| Solubility in Water | N/A |
| Density | 1.491 g/mL at 25°C (lit.) |
| pH of Liquid, Typical (10% soln) | N/A |
| Specific Gravity Approx | N/A |
| Odor | N/A |
| pH | N/A |
| Flash Point | N/A |
| Ignition temperature | N/A |
| Lower exposure limit | N/A |
| Upper exposure limit | N/A |
| Color | Colorless |
| Formula Weight | 157.01 |
| Physical Form | Clear liquid |
| Chemical Name or Material | Bromobenzene |
| UN Number | UN2514 |
| Molecular Weight | 157.01 g/mol |
| SMILES String | Brc1ccccc1 |
| Refractive Index | n20/D 1.559 |
| CAS Number | 108-86-1 |
| EC Number | 203-623-8 |
| Empirical Formula | C6H5Br |
| NACRES | NA.22 |
| PubChem Substance ID | 57647528 |
| UNSPSC Code | 12352100 |
| MDL Number | MFCD00000055 |
| InChI | 1S/C6H5Br/c7-6-4-2-1-3-5-6/h1-5H |
| InChI Key | QARVLSVVCXYDNA-UHFFFAOYSA-N |
| Beilstein/REAXYS Number | 1236661 |
| Quality Level | 200 |
| Reference Assay | ≥99.5% (GC) |
Bromobenzene is the simplest aryl bromide — a benzene ring with a single bromine substituent. That carbon-bromine bond is reactive enough to form a Grignard reagent (phenylmagnesium bromide) under standard conditions, making bromobenzene one of the most common starting materials for introducing a phenyl group into a target molecule via organometallic chemistry.
Bromobenzene’s primary use is as a Grignard precursor, converted to phenylmagnesium bromide for a wide range of carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions. It has also been used in the synthesis of star-shaped chain-transfer agents for amphiphilic graft copolymer preparation, and more broadly as a solvent and reference compound in analytical and materials chemistry.
