1,8-Dibromooctane

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| Name = 1,8-Dibromooctane

| ImageFile = 1,8-Dibromooctane.svg

| PIN = 1,8-Dibromooctane

| Section1 = {{Chembox Identifiers

| SMILES = C(CCCCBr)CCCBr

| ChemSpiderID = 70682

| PubChem = 78310

| CASNo = 4549-32-0

| UNII_Ref = {{fdacite|correct|FDA}}

| UNII = ES9U6BR88X

| EC_number = 224-912-5

| StdInChI=1S/C8H16Br2/c9-7-5-3-1-2-4-6-8-10/h1-8H2

| StdInChIKey = DKEGCUDAFWNSSO-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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| Section2 = {{Chembox Properties

| C=8|H=16|Br=2

| MeltingPtC = 12-16

| BoilingPtC = 270-272

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| Section7 = {{Chembox Hazards

| GHSPictograms = {{GHS07}}

| GHSSignalWord = Warning

| HPhrases = {{H-phrases|315|319|335}}

| PPhrases = {{P-phrases|261|264|271|280|302+352|304+340|305+351+338|312|321|332+313|337+313|362|403+233|405|501}}

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1,8-Dibromooctane is a chemical compound used in the synthesis of the carbamate nerve agents EA-3990{{cite web |title=Chemical agents |url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US4677204 |website=Google Patents}} and octamethylene-bis(5-dimethylcarbamoxyisoquinolinium bromide){{cite web |title=Isoquinilinium chemical agents |url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US4673745A/en |website=Google Patents}} and also in the synthesis of sebacic acid.{{cite web |title=Production of normal alpha, omega-dicyanoalkanes |url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US3329704 |website=Google Patents}}