Chem. [f. TRI- 5 a + bromhydr(ic + -IN1 (termination of the compound ethers of glycerin: see ACETIN).] Glyceryl tribromide, C3H5Br3, a haloid ester or compound ether of glycerin or glycerol, C3H5(OH)3, in which the three OH groups are replaced by bromine atoms.
1862. Miller, Elem. Chem. (1869), III. 326. Glycerin forms with hydrobromic acid compounds analogous to those which it yields with hydrochloric acid, such as monobromrydrin (C3H7BrO2), dibromhydrin (C3H6Br2O), and tribromhydrin (C3H5Br3).
1899. Smith, Richter’s Org. Chem., I. 474. Tribromhydrin fuses at 16°, and boils at 220°.
