Polonium tetrabromide

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Polonium tetrabromide
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Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
PubChem CID
  • InChI=1S/4BrH.Po/h4*1H;/q;;;;+4/p-4
    Key: MOAWHUMOOBCMOF-UHFFFAOYSA-J
  • Br[Po](Br)(Br)Br
Properties
Br4Po
Molar mass 529 g·mol−1
Appearancepale red solid [1]
Solubility soluble in ethanol [2]
soluble in bromine [2]
Structure
cubic crystal system
Fm3m (No. 225)
a = 5.6 Å
Related compounds
Other anions
polonium tetrafluoride
polonium tetrachloride
polonium tetraiodide
Other cations
selenium tetrabromide
tellurium tetrabromide
Related compounds
polonium tetrabromide
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Polonium tetrabromide, is a bromide of polonium, with the chemical formula PoBr4.

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Preparation

Polonium tetrabromide can be formed by the direct reaction of bromine and polonium at 200 °C to 250 °C. [2]

Like polonium tetraiodide, polonium tetrabromide can also be produced by the reaction of polonium dioxide and hydrogen bromide: [2]

PoO2 + 4 HBr → PoBr4 + 2 H2O

Properties

Polonium tetrabromide is a light red solid that is easily deliquescent. [1] It crystallizes in the cubic crystal system, with space group Fm3m (No. 225) and lattice parameter a = 5.6 Å. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 P. E. Figgins (1961), The Radiochemistry of Polonium, National Academies, p. 13
  2. 1 2 3 4 M. Schmidt, W. Siebert, K. W. Bagnall (October 2013). The Chemistry of Sulphur, Selenium, Tellurium and Polonium: Pergamon Texts in Inorganic Chemistry. Elsevier. p. 960-961. ISBN   1483158659.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. H. J. Emeléus, A. G. Sharpe (January 1962). Advances in Inorganic Chemistry and Radiochemistry. Academic Press. p. 216. ISBN   0080578535.