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 Hydrobromic acid
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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