Tribromoethylene is a bromoalkene and a trihaloethylene with the chemical formula . It can be made from 1,1,2,2-tetrabromoethane.Z.E. Jolles, Bromine and its Compounds (1966)
Tribromoethylene reacts with potassium hydroxide to yield dibromoacetylene via dehydrobromination, this reaction is analogous to the synthesis of dichloroacetylene from trichloroethylene. Tribromoethylene reacts with nitric acid to form dibromoacetic acid.Constitution of the Acetylidene Compounds. James W. Lawrie (Amer. Chem. J., 1906, 36, 487 — 510)
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