The bromide appears to behave similarly to the more heavily studied chloride.

[3] Hydrolysis under basic conditions of either the chloro or bromo compound involves substitution of the halide adjacent to the acid.

The resulting mucoxyhalic acids exist as a mixture of keto and enol forms.

[5] Mucohalic acids have received attention since they are products of the halogenation of biomass.

They have the ability to alkylate certain DNA bases, specifically guanosine, adenosine, and cytosine.