Meaning & use

Monobromination

noun·Academic

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A chemical reaction that introduces exactly one bromine atom into a molecule.

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Monobromination of the benzene ring produced a single major product.

Chemists controlled the reaction conditions carefully to favor monobromination over further substitution.

A note on using this word

The prefix "mono-" distinguishes it from "dibromination" or "polybromination," which introduce multiple bromine atoms.

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