Ethyltriphenylphosphonium Bromide

Uniform Crystalline Appearance & High Purity – ETPB presents as white to off-white crystalline powder with stable batch purity. Its neat solid form enables easy weighing, storage and standardized laboratory and industrial operation.

Broad Solvent Compatibility – This phosphonium salt features excellent solubility in common organic media including ethanol, chloroform and dichloromethane, with partial water solubility. Such versatile dissolving performance adapts to diversified organic reaction systems.

Efficient Phase-Transfer Catalytic Performance – As a high-activity phase-transfer catalyst, it effectively speeds up the curing process of phenolic epoxy resins, fluoroelastomers and thermosetting powder coatings, improving production efficiency and curing uniformity.

Product Description

Ethyltriphenylphosphonium Bromide (ETPB) is a premium quaternary phosphonium salt catalyst. Combining stable physical properties, excellent solubility and high catalytic activity, it is widely adopted in organic synthesis, polymer material curing and biochemical research fields.

Ethyltriphenylphosphonium Bromide

Product Parameters

Product Name:Ethyltriphenylphosphonium bromide
Synonyms:Ethyltriphenylbromophosphine;ethyltriphenyl-phosphoniubromide;Ethyl(trisphenyl)phosphonium bromide;Ethyl triphenyl phosphoniuM broMide (ETPB);TEP (oniuM coMpound);ETHYLTRIPHENYLPHOSPHONIUM BRIMIDE;ethyl triphenylphosphoiuum bromide;ETHYLTRIPHENYLPHOSPHONIUM BROMIDE 99+%
CAS:1530-32-1
MF:C20H20BrP
MW:371.25
EINECS:216-223-3
Product Categories:Phosphonium SaltsC-C Bond Formation;Greener Alternatives: Catalysis;C-C Bond Formation;Olefination;Wittig Reagents;Phase Transfer Catalysts;Phosphonium Compounds;Synthetic Organic Chemistry;Wittig & Horner-Emmons Reaction;Wittig Reaction;organophosphorus compound
Mol File:1530-32-1.mol
Melting point 203-205 °C(lit.)
Boiling point 240℃[at 101 325 Pa]
Density 1.38[at 20℃]
Vapor pressure 0-0.1Pa at 20-25℃
Fp 200 °C
Storage tempInert atmosphere,Room Temperature
Solubility 174g/l soluble
Form Crystalline Powder
Color White to off-white
Water Solubility 120 g/L (23 ºC)
Sensitive Hygroscopic
BRN 3599630
InChIKeyJHYNXXDQQHTCHJ-UHFFFAOYSA-M
LogP-0.69--0.446 at 35℃
CAS DataBase Reference1530-32-1(CAS DataBase Reference)
EPA Substance Registry SystemPhosphonium, ethyltriphenyl-, bromide (1530-32-1)

Application Scenarios

Organic Synthesis & Catalysis – Widely used to facilitate classic organic reactions including Horner–Wadsworth–Emmons olefination, aldol condensation, Mizoroki–Heck cyclization and Tsuji–Trost cascade reactions. It supports the synthesis of chiral amino acids, natural derivatives such as Leiodolide A, and cycloalkanoindoline compounds.

Polymer & Material Industry – Acts as a high-efficiency curing accelerator for epoxy and fluororubber materials, and catalyzes solid-state polycondensation for thiophene monomer preparation. It also serves as a functional reagent in industrial dyeing processes.

Biomedical Research – Applied as a key synthetic intermediate and antiviral raw material, supporting pharmaceutical molecule development and related biomedical studies.

Ethyltriphenylphosphonium Bromide

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