3-Bromopyridine is an
organohalide
Halocarbon compounds are chemicals in which one or more carbon atoms are linked by covalent bonds with one or more halogen atoms (fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine – ) resulting in the formation of organofluorine compounds, organochlorin ...
with the formula C
5H
4BrN. It is a colorless liquid that is mainly used as a building block in organic synthesis.
It participates as a substrate in many reactions associated with aryl halides, e.g., the
Heck reaction
The Heck reaction (also called the Mizoroki–Heck reaction) is the chemical reaction of an unsaturated halide (or triflate) with an alkene in the presence of a base and a palladium catalyst (or palladium nanomaterial-based catalyst) to form a s ...
and
Buchwald-Hartwig coupling.
Related compounds
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3-Chloropyridine
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2-Bromopyridine
References
3-Pyridyl compounds
Bromoarenes
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