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'''Boron tribromide''', BBr<sub>3</sub>, is a colourless liquid which fumes in moist air. It is used as a reagent in [[organic synthesis]], where it is a strong [[Lewis acid]].
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'''Boron tribromide''', BBr<sub>3</sub>, is a colourless liquid which fumes in moist air. It is used as a reagent in [[organic synthesis]], where it is a strong [[Lewis acid]]. It is also used in the manufacture of [[diborane]] and ultrahigh purity [[boron]].<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>
  
 
==Notes and references==
 
==Notes and references==

Revision as of 10:04, 7 January 2011

Boron tribromide
Other names Tribromoborane
Identifiers
InChI InChI=1/BBr3/c2-1(3)4
InChIKey ILAHWRKJUDSMFH-UHFFFAOYAA
Standard InChI InChI=1S/BBr3/c2-1(3)4
Standard InChIKey ILAHWRKJUDSMFH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
CAS number [10294-33-4]
EC number 233-657-9
UN number 2692
RTECS ED7400000
ChemSpider 23479
Properties[1][2]
Chemical formula BBr3
Molar mass 250.52 g mol−1
Appearance colorless to amber liquid
Density 2.643 g cm−3
Melting point

−47 °C

Boiling point

91.3 °C

Critical point 300 °C
Solubility in water reacts violently
Vapor pressure 7.2 kPa (20 °C)
Refractive index (nD) 1.5312
Thermochemistry[2]
Std enthalpy of formation ΔfHo298 −238.49 kJ mol−1
Standard molar entropy So298 228.87 J K–1 mol–1
Hazards[3]
Material safety data sheet (MSDS) ICSC 0230
EU index number 005-003-00-0
GHS pictograms Acute Tox. 2Skin Corr. 1B
GHS signal word DANGER
GHS hazard statements H330, H300, H314 [note 1]
Related compounds
Other anions Boron trifluoride
Boron trichloride
Boron triiodide
Other cations Aluminium bromide
Gallium bromide
Indium bromide
Thallium(III) bromide
Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)

Boron tribromide, BBr3, is a colourless liquid which fumes in moist air. It is used as a reagent in organic synthesis, where it is a strong Lewis acid. It is also used in the manufacture of diborane and ultrahigh purity boron.[4]

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-84. ISBN 0-8493-0462-8.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Boron tribromide. In NIST Chemistry WebBook; National Institute for Standards and Technology, <http://webbook.nist.gov/cgi/inchi/InChI%3D1S/BBr3/c2-1(3)4>. (accessed 22 June 2010).
  3. Index no. 005-003-00-0 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 341.
  4. 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.

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