hexabromoethane

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| OtherNames = perbromoethane

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| CASNo = 594-73-0

| ChemSpiderID = 120156

| PubChem = 136384

| StdInChI=1S/C2Br6/c3-1(4,5)2(6,7)8

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

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| C=2|Br=6

| Appearance = yellowish crystals

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| OtherCompounds = {{ubl|Carbon tetrabromide|Octabromopropane|Ethane|Dibromoacetylene|Tetrabromoethylene|Hexafluoroethane|Hexachloroethane|Hexaiodoethane}}

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Hexabromoethane (HBE, perbromoethane) is a perbromocarbon with the chemical formula {{chem2|C2Br6|auto=1}}. Its structure is {{chem2|Br3C\sCBr3}}. It is a yellowish white crystalline solid.Holloway, M. D., Holloway, E. (2020). Dictionary of Industrial Terminology. It decomposes to tetrabromoethylene upon heating.Nefedov, OM; Maltsev, AK; Svyatkin, VA (1976),Direct spectroscopic study of the mechanism of thermal decomposition of hexahaloethanes and their silicon and germanium analogs using matrix isolation, Seriya Khimicheskaya Like many other halocarbons, HBE decomposes when exposed to radiation.Iyer, RM; Willard, JE, (1967) Production and Annealing of Br2 in the Radiolysis of Polycrystalline C2Br6: An In Situ Determination, The Journal of Chemical Physics. 46 (9): 3501–3506.