Lithium bromite

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Lithium bromite
IUPAC name Lithium bromite
Other names Lithium bromate(III)
Identifiers
Standard InChI InChI=1S/BrHO2.Li/c2-1-3;/h(H,2,3);/q;+1/p-1
Standard InChIKey VLRXBEHPKIJLJR-UHFFFAOYSA-M
CAS number [14518-92-4]
Properties
Chemical formula LiBrO2
Molar mass 118.84 g mol−1
Related compounds
Other anions Lithium chlorite
Other cations Sodium bromite
Potassium bromite
Other compounds Lithium bromide
Lithium hypobromite
Lithium bromate
Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)

Lithium bromite, LiBrO2, is formally the lithium salt of bromous acid. It is prepared by the controlled disproportionation of lithium hypobromite at pH 11–12 and 0 °C.[1][2] The anhydrous salt can be prepared by heating lithium bromate with lithium bromide at 190 °C.[3]

2 LiBrO3 + LiBr → 3 LiBrO2

Notes and references

Notes

References

  1. 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.
  2. Meybeck, Jean; Kircher, René; Breiss, Jacqueline (Société d'Etudes Chimiques pour l'Industrie et l'Agriculture) Procédé d'obtention de dérévés oxygénés du brome, à l'état solide, et produits industriels en résultant. FR Patent 1216216, published 22 April 1960; Alkaline Earth Bromites. US Patent 3178262.
  3. Downs, A. J.; Adams, C. J. In Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry; Bailar, J. C., Jr.; Emeleus, H. J.; Nyholm, R., et al., Eds.; Pergamon: Oxford, 1973; Vol. 2, pp 1419–20.
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