Potassium hypobromite

Potassium hypobromate trihydrate IUPAC name Potassium hypobromite — water (1/3) Other names Potassium bromate(I) Identifiers InChI InChI=1/BrO.K.5H2O/c1-2;;;;;;/h;;5*1H2/q-1;+1;;;;; Standard InChI InChI=1S/BrO.K.5H2O/c1-2;;;;;;/h;;5*1H2/q-1;+1;;;;; Standard InChIKey HEVCOVLJVKIYEP-UHFFFAOYSA-N CAS number [13824-97-0] Properties Chemical formula KBrO·3H2O Molar mass 189.05 g mol−1 Related compounds Other anions Potassium hypochlorite Other cations Lithium hypobromite Sodium hypobromite Other compounds Potassium bromide Potassium bromite Potassium bromate Potassium perbromate Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)

Potassium hypobromite Identifiers InChI InChI=1/BrO.K/c1-2;/q-1;+1 InChIKey ORQYPOUSZINNCB-UHFFFAOYAZ Standard InChI InChI=1S/BrO.K/c1-2;/q-1;+1 Standard InChIKey ORQYPOUSZINNCB-UHFFFAOYSA-N ChemSpider 8074495 Properties Chemical formula KBrO Molar mass 135.00 g mol−1 Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)

Potassium hypobromite, KBrO, is the potassium salt of hypobromous acid. It can be prepared by the reaction of bromine with aqueous potassium hydroxide solution at 0 °C or lower. It has long been known as a strong oxidizing agent in solution, but the solid trihydrate was not isolated until 1952.

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