Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Acetyl bromide is an acyl bromide compound. As is expected it may be prepared by reaction between phosphorus tribromide and acetic acid: 3 CH3COOH + PBr3 → 3 CH3COBr + H3PO3As usual for an acid halide acetyl bromide hydrolyzes rapidly in water forming acetic acid and hydrobromic acid. It also reacts with alcohols and amines to produce acetate esters and acetamides respectively.
