Vinyl bromide


Vinyl bromide is a simple vinyl halide. It is a colorless liquid. It is produced from ethylene dibromide. It is mainly used as a comonomer to confer fire retardant properties to acrylate polymers.

Reactions and applications

It reacts with magnesium to give the corresponding Grignard reagent.

Safety precautions

Vinyl bromide is listed in List of IARC Group 2A carcinogens as a suspected human carcinogen.