Bromine water
Appearance
Bromine water is a highly oxidizing intense yellow mixture containing diatomic bromine Br2 at 2.8% dissolved in H2O. It is often used as a reactive in chemical assays of recognition for substances which react with bromine in an aqueous environment with the halogenation mechanism. The most common compounds that react well with bromine water are phenols, alkenes, enols, the acetyl group, aniline and glucose.