tribromhydrin Chem.
(traɪbrəʊmˈhaɪdrɪn)
[f. tri- 5 a + bromhydr(ic + -in1 (termination of the compound ethers of glycerin: see acetin).]
Glyceryl tribromide, C3H5Br3, a haloid ester or compound ether of glycerin or glycerol, C3H5(OH)3, in which the three OH groups are replaced by bromine atoms.
| 1862 Miller Elem. Chem. (1869) III. 326 Glycerin forms with hydrobromic acid compounds analogous to those which it yields with hydrochloric acid, such as monobromhydrin (C3H7BrO2), dibromhydrin (C3H6Br2O), and tribromhydrin (C3H5Br3). 1899 Smith Richter's Org. Chem. I. 474 Tribromhydrin fuses at 16°, and boils at 220°. |