
Octabromodiphenyl ethers
Octabromodiphenyl ethers are organobromine compounds, as well as polybrominated diphenyl ethers containing four bromine atoms. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are flame-retardant man-made chemicals found in plastics used in a variety of consumer products to make them difficult to burn. PBDEs exist as mixtures of similar chemicals called congeners. Because they are mixed into plastics and foams rather than bound to them, PBDEs can leave the products that contain them and enter the environment. Octabromodiphenyl ethers are used in conjunction with antimony trioxide as a flame retardant in the housings of electrical and electronic equipment, mainly in the plastic acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, but also in high impact polystyrene, polybutylene terephthalate and polyamides. (L628, L701) — Toxin and Toxin Target Database (T3DB)
- IUPAC name
- 1,2,3,4-tetrabromo-5-(2,3,4,5-tetrabromophenoxy)benzene
- Molecular formula
- C12H2Br8O
- Molecular weight
- 801.4 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 801.34907 Da
- XLogP3
- 9.0
- Topological polar surface area
- 9.2 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 0
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 1
- Covalent units
- 1
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
- ChEMBL:CHEMBL1528378
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID9047548
- PubMed:18044526
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