2,4-Dibromophenol is a brominated derivative of

phenol Phenol (also called carbolic acid) is an aromatic organic compound with the molecular formula . It is a white crystalline solid that is volatile. The molecule consists of a phenyl group () bonded to a hydroxy group (). Mildly acidic, it ...

with the molecular formula C₆H₄Br₂O. It belongs to the bromobenzenes, which are organic compounds containing bromine atoms attached to a benzene ring.

Properties

At room temperature, 2,4-dibromophenol is a solid with needle-like crystals. It melts at and boils at . it has a molecular weight of 251.905 g/mol. It is soluble in water, ethanol, ether and benzene and slightly soluble in carbon tetrachloride.

Occurrence

2,4-Dibromophenol is found in certain molluscs and crustaceans, as well as the

acorn worm The acorn worms or Enteropneusta are a hemichordate class of invertebrates consisting of one order of the same name. The closest non-hemichordate relatives of the Enteropneusta are the echinoderms. There are 111 known species of acorn worm in th ...

Saccoglossus bromophenolosus ''Saccoglossus bromophenolosus'' is a species of acorn worm (class Enteropneusta) occurring in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean and the northeastern Pacific Ocean. It grows to a length of about and lives in a burrow in soft sediment in the inte ...

'', which is named after it.

References

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