Uranium pentabromide

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Uranium pentabromide
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Properties
UBr5
Molar mass 637.549 g/mol
Appearancedark brown, hygroscopic crystalline solid
decomposes
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Uranium pentabromide is an inorganic chemical compound with the formula U2Br10.

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Synthesis

The compound is made by reacting the elements in an acetonitrile solvent, or by reacting bromine with uranium metal or uranium tetrabromide at 55 °C (131 °F; 328 K). [1]

Properties

Uranium pentabromide is a hygroscopic dark brown solid that decomposes in water and most organic solvents, the exceptions being acetonitrile or dichloromethane. [1] The compound is rather unstable and difficult to purify, [2] decomposing at 80 °C (176 °F; 353 K) into its constituent elements. [3] The crystal structure is the same as that of β-UCl5, which is triclinic and consists of U2Br10 dimers. [4]

Complexes

Stable complexes of the form UBr5L are known with such ligands as triphenylphosphine oxide and hexamethylphosphoramide, and are obtained by brominating UBr4 in the presence of the desired ligand. [2] In addition, it is possible to obtain a hexabromouranate(V) salt by reacting UBr5 with a monovalent bromide in thionyl bromide: [1]

U2Br10 + 2MBr → 2M+[UBr6]

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