Bromal

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| Name = Bromal

| OtherNames = Tribromoacetaldehyde

| ImageFile= Bromal.png

| Section1 = {{Chembox Identifiers

| CASNo = 115-17-3

| CASNo_Ref = {{Cascite|correct|CAS}}

| ChEMBL = 3189061

| ChemSpiderID = 21106514

| EC_number = 204-067-9

| PubChem = 8256

| UNII = W2WDI7648E

| StdInChI=1S/C2HBr3O/c3-2(4,5)1-6/h1H

| StdInChIKey = YTGSYRVSBPFKMQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

| SMILES = C(=O)C(Br)(Br)Br

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| Section2 = {{Chembox Properties

| C=2 | H=1 | Br=3 | O=1

| Appearance = Oily liquid

| MeltingPtC = -57.5

| BoilingPtC = 174

| Solubility = Reacts to form bromal hydrate

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| Section3 = {{Chembox Hazards

| GHS_ref={{cite web |title=Tribromoacetaldehyde |url=https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/8256#section=Safety-and-Hazards |website=pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov |language=en}}

| GHSPictograms = {{GHS05}}{{GHS06}}

| GHSSignalWord = Danger

| HPhrases = {{H-phrases|301|310|314}}

| PPhrases = {{P-phrases|260|262|264|270|280|301+316|301+330+331|302+352|302+361+354|304+340|305+354+338|316|321|330|361+364|363|405|501}}

| MainHazards = Toxic

| LD50 = 100 mg/kg (rat, oral){{cite web |title=Initial Submission: Acute Toxicity Studies of Tribromoacetaldehyde with Cover Letter dated 09/21/92. |url=https://ntrl.ntis.gov/NTRL/dashboard/searchResults/titleDetail/OTS0555937.xhtml |publisher=Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. Office of Toxic |date=1992}}
25 mg/kg (mice, oral)

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|Section8={{Chembox Related

| OtherCompounds = Fluoral, Chloral, Iodal

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Bromal (tribromoacetaldehyde) is a brominated aldehyde. It reacts with water to form bromal hydrate.{{cite journal |last1=Novak |first1=A. |last2=Whalley |first2=E. |title=Infrared spectra of fluoral, chloral and bromal hydrates |journal=Spectrochimica Acta |date=January 1960 |volume=16 |issue=5 |pages=521–527 |doi=10.1016/0371-1951(60)80008-2|bibcode=1960AcSpe..16..521N }}