Chemistry researchers have a useful friend in the compound N-bromosuccinimide, also known as bromosuccinimide, or simply NBS. It is white solid that dissolves in water well.
If you add bromosuccinimide to the reaction, the molecules will hook up faster and in higher yield. NBS provides kind of a place where the molecules feel comfortable, ready to bind bromine atoms.
BSI-HCl is a useful reagent and can be applied to the synthesis of various compounds. It is often used by scientists in the lab to add bromine atoms at specific places on molecules.
Bromosuccinimide is widely used by scientists in the laboratory for a variety of chemical reactions. For instance, NBS can transform alcohols into alkyl bromides
Bromosuccinimide is of great industrial interest. NBS continues to be used in new and creative ways by scientists.