2,6-Dibromophenol has been isolated from a luminous marine enteropneust, Balanoglossus biminiensis and is responsible for the characteristic ″iodoform-like″ odor of these animals2,6-Dibromophenol has been used in the preparation of 2-(2,6-dibromophenoxy)ethylbromide 2,6-Dibromophenol has been isolated from a luminous marine enteropneust, Balanoglossus biminiensis and is responsible for the characteristic ″iodoform-like″ odor of these animals 2,6-Dibromophenol has been used in the preparation of 2-(2,6-dibromophenoxy)ethylbromide