1,2-dibromoethane
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1,2-dibromoethane
A colourless liquid haloalkane, BrCH2CH2Br; r.d. 2.2; m.p. 9.79°C; b.p. 131.36°C. It is made by addition of bromine to ethene and used as an additive in petrol to remove lead during combustion as the volatile lead bromide.
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