Hypobromous acid

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Hypobromous acid
IUPAC name Hypobromous acid[note 1]
Other names Bromic(I) acid
Bromanol
Hydroxidobromine
Identifiers
InChI InChI=1/BrHO/c1-2/h2H
InChIKey CUILPNURFADTPE-UHFFFAOYAL
Standard InChI InChI=1S/BrHO/c1-2/h2H
Standard InChIKey CUILPNURFADTPE-UHFFFAOYSA-N
CAS number [13517-11-8]
ChemSpider 75379
Properties[2]
Chemical formula HOBr
Molar mass 96.911 g mol−1
Acidity (pKa) 8.70
Structure[3]
Molecular geometry bent, r(Br–O) = 182.80 pm, θ(Br–O–H) = 102.99°
Related compounds
Other hypohalous acids Hypofluorous acid
Hypochlorous acid
Hypoiodous acid
Other compounds Bromic acid
Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)

Hypobromous acid, HOBr, is an oxoacid of bromine. It is often considered to be only stable in aqueous solution,[2][4] but it can be prepared in sufficient quantities in the gas phase for spectroscopic studies.[3]

Preparation

Structure

Reactivity

Notes and references

Notes

  1. Hypobromous acid is a retained name in IUPAC nomenclature.[1]

References

  1. Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry; IUPAC Recommendations 2005; Royal Society of Chemistry: Cambridge, 2005; p 287. ISBN 0-85404-438-8, <http://www.iupac.org/publications/books/rbook/Red_Book_2005.pdf>.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Cotton, F. Albert; Wilkinson, Geoffrey Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, 5th ed.; Wiley-Interscience: New York, 1988; pp 563–67. ISBN 0-471-84997-9.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Cohen, E. A.; Mcrae, G. A.; Tan, T. L.; Friedl, R. R.; Johns, J. W. C.; Noel, M. The ν1 Band of HOBr. J. Mol. Spectrosc. 1995, 173 (1), 55–61. DOI: 10.1006/jmsp.1995.1218.
  4. Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, A. Chemistry of the Elements; Pergamon: Oxford, 1984; pp 999–1007. ISBN 0-08-022057-6.

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