Bromite

Bromite
Other names	Dioxidobromate(1−)
Identifiers
InChI	InChI=1/BrHO2/c2-1-3/h(H,2,3)/p-1
InChIKey	DKSMCEUSSQTGBK-REWHXWOFAW
Standard InChI	InChI=1S/BrHO2/c2-1-3/h(H,2,3)/p-1
Standard InChIKey	DKSMCEUSSQTGBK-UHFFFAOYSA-M
ChemSpider	4574123
Structure
Molecular geometry	r(Br–O) = 172 pm
Thermochemistry
Std enthalpy of formation ΔfHo298	−37.2 kJ mol−1 (aq)
Std Gibbs energy of formation ΔfGo298	+27.2 kJ mol−1 (aq)
Standard molar entropy So298	127 J K−1 mol−1 (aq)
Related compounds
Other anions	Chlorite Hypobromite Bromate Perbromate
Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)

A bromite is a compound containing the dioxidobromate(1−) anion BrO−2. Bromites are formally salts of bromous acid.

Notes and references

Further reading

• Engel, P.; Oplatka, A.; Perlmutter-Hayman, B. The Decomposition of Hypobromite and Bromite Solutions. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1954, 76 (7), 2010–15. DOI: 10.1021/ja01636a092.
• Levason, William; Ogden, J. Steven; Spicer, Mark D.; Webster, Michael; Young, Nigel A. Characterization of sodium bromite by x-ray crystallography and bromine K-edge EXAFS, IR, Raman, and NMR spectroscopies. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1989, 111 (16), 6210–12. DOI: 10.1021/ja00198a035.
• Breiss, Jean; Kirchner, René; Zimmermann, Jean-Pierre (Société d'Etudes Chimiques pour l'Industrie et l'Agriculture) Procédé de préparation des bromites alcalins et alcalino-terreux. FR Patent 1315034, published 18 January 1963; Method for preparing alkali metal and alkaline earth metal bromites. US Patent 3223477.
• Kircher, René; Périat, Robert (Société d'Etudes Chimiques pour l'Industrie et l'Agriculture) Process for producing alkaline earth metal bromites. US Patent 3095267, published 25 June 1963.