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|   OtherNames = Tribromophosphane
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|  Formula = PBr<sub>3</sub>
 
|  Formula = PBr<sub>3</sub>
 
|  MolarMass = 270.69 g mol<sup>−1</sup>
 
|  MolarMass = 270.69 g mol<sup>−1</sup>
|  Appearance = colorless liquid
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|  Appearance = colourless liquid
 
|  Density = 2.852 g cm<sup>−3</sup>
 
|  Density = 2.852 g cm<sup>−3</sup>
 
|  Solubility = hydrolyzes
 
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|  OtherAnions = [[Phosphorus trifluoride]]<br />[[Phosphorus trichloride]]<br/>[[Phosphorus triiodide]]
 
|  OtherAnions = [[Phosphorus trifluoride]]<br />[[Phosphorus trichloride]]<br/>[[Phosphorus triiodide]]
 
|  OtherCations = [[Nitrogen tribromide]]<br/>[[Arsenic tribromide]]<br/>[[Antimony tribromide]]<br/>[[Bismuth tribromide]]
 
|  OtherCations = [[Nitrogen tribromide]]<br/>[[Arsenic tribromide]]<br/>[[Antimony tribromide]]<br/>[[Bismuth tribromide]]
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|  OtherCpds = [[Phosphorus pentabromide]]
 
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'''Phosphorus tribromide''', PBr<sub>3</sub>, is a colourless liquid which fumes in moist air. It is used as a reagent in [[organic synthesis]], where it converts [[alcohol]]s into [[bromoalkane]]s.<ref name="Kirk-Othmer">{{Kirk-Othmer | first1 = S. D. | last1 = Ukeles | first2 = M. | last2 = Freiberg | contribution = Bromine, Inorganic Compounds | doi = 10.1002/0471238961.021815131001031 | year = 2002}}.</ref>
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'''Phosphorus tribromide''', PBr<sub>3</sub>, is a colourless liquid which fumes in moist air. It is used as a reagent in [[organic synthesis]], where it converts [[alcohol]]s into [[bromoalkane]]s.<ref name="Kirk-Othmer">{{Kirk-Othmer | first1 = S. D. | last1 = Ukeles | first2 = M. | last2 = Freiberg | contribution = Bromine, Inorganic Compounds | doi = 10.1002/0471238961.021815131001031 | year = 2002}}.</ref><ref>{{OrgSynth | first1 = George C. | last1 = Harrison | first2 = Harvey | last2 = Diehl | title = β-Ethoxyethyl bromide | prep=cv3p0370 | collvol = 3 | collvolpages = 370 | volume = 23 | pages = 32 | year = 194}}.</ref>
  
 
==Notes and references==
 
==Notes and references==

Latest revision as of 17:31, 7 January 2011

Phosphorus tribromide
Other names Tribromophosphane
Identifiers
InChI InChI=1/Br3P/c1-4(2)3
InChIKey IPNPIHIZVLFAFP-UHFFFAOYAL
Standard InChI InChI=1S/Br3P/c1-4(2)3
Standard InChIKey IPNPIHIZVLFAFP-UHFFFAOYSA-N
CAS number [7789-60-8]
EC number 232-178-2
UN number 1808
RTECS TH4460000
ChemSpider 23016
Properties[1][2][3]
Chemical formula PBr3
Molar mass 270.69 g mol−1
Appearance colourless liquid
Density 2.852 g cm−3
Melting point

−41.5 °C

Boiling point

173.2 °C

Critical point 438 °C (711 K)
Solubility in water hydrolyzes
Refractive index (nD) 1.697
Thermochemistry[2]
Std enthalpy of formation ΔfHo298 −146.02 kJ mol−1
Standard molar entropy So298 348.22 J K–1 mol–1
Hazards[4]
EU index number 015-103-00-6
GHS pictograms Skin Corr. 1BSTOT SE 3 (resp.)
GHS signal word DANGER
GHS hazard statements H314, H335 [note 1]
GHS precautionary statements P260, P261, P264, P271, P280, P301+330+331, P303+361+353, P363, P304+340, P310, P312, P321, P305+351+338, P403+233
Related compounds
Other anions Phosphorus trifluoride
Phosphorus trichloride
Phosphorus triiodide
Other cations Nitrogen tribromide
Arsenic tribromide
Antimony tribromide
Bismuth tribromide
Other compounds Phosphorus pentabromide
Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)

Phosphorus tribromide, PBr3, is a colourless liquid which fumes in moist air. It is used as a reagent in organic synthesis, where it converts alcohols into bromoalkanes.[5][6]

Notes and references

Notes

  1. Within the European Union, the following additional hazard statement (EUH014) must also be displayed on labelling: Reacts violently with water.

References

  1. CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 62nd ed.; Weast, Robert C., Ed.; CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL, 1981; p B-127. ISBN 0-8493-0462-8.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Phosphorus tribromide. In NIST Chemistry WebBook; National Institute for Standards and Technology, <http://webbook.nist.gov/cgi/inchi/InChI%3D1S/Br3P/c2-1(3)4>. (accessed 7 January 2011).
  3. Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, A. Chemistry of the Elements; Pergamon: Oxford, 1984; pp 568–70. ISBN 0-08-022057-6.
  4. Index no. 015-103-00-6 of Annex VI, Part 3, to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006. OJEU L353, 31.12.2008, pp 1–1355 at p 386.
  5. Ukeles, S. D.; Freiberg, M. Bromine, Inorganic Compounds. In Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology; John Wiley: New York, 2002. DOI: 10.1002/0471238961.021815131001031.
  6. Harrison, George C.; Diehl, Harvey β-Ethoxyethyl bromide. Org. Synth. 194, 23, 32, <http://www.orgsyn.org/orgsyn/orgsyn/prepContent.asp?prep=cv3p0370>; Coll. Vol., 3, 370.

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