Strontium bromite

Strontium bromite IUPAC name Strontium bromite Other names Strontium bromate(III) Identifiers Standard InChI InChI=1S/2BrHO2.Sr/c2*2-1-3;/h2*(H,2,3);/q;;+2/p-2 Standard InChIKey RSLBKPRCMGOEAL-UHFFFAOYSA-L Properties Chemical formula Sr(BrO2)2 Molar mass 311.43 g mol−1 Related compounds Other anions Strontium chlorite Other cations Calcium bromite Barium bromite Other compounds Strontium bromide Strontium hypobromite Strontium bromate Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)

Strontium bromite dihydrate IUPAC name Strontium bromite — water (1/2) Identifiers Standard InChI InChI=1S/2BrHO2.2H2O.Sr/c2*2-1-3;;;/h2*(H,2,3);2*1H2;/q;;;;+2/p-2 Standard InChIKey UDBKYDMVCHLTNS-UHFFFAOYSA-L Properties Chemical formula Sr(BrO2)2·2H2O Molar mass 347.46 g mol−1 Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)

Strontium bromite, Sr(BrO₂)₂, is formally the barium salt of bromous acid. It is prepared, as the dihydrate, by the controlled disproportionation of strontium hypobromite at pH 11–12 and 0 °C.

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Further reading

• 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.
• 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.