Sodium hypobromite

Sodium hypobromate pentahydrate IUPAC name Sodium hypobromite — water (1/5) Other names Sodium bromate(I) Identifiers InChI InChI=1/BrO.Na.5H2O/c1-2;;;;;;/h;;5*1H2/q-1;+1;;;;; CAS number [13824-96-9] EC number 237-520-4 Properties Chemical formula NaBrO·5H2O Molar mass 208.97 g mol−1 Related compounds Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)

Sodium hypobromite Identifiers InChI InChI=1/BrO.Na/c1-2;/q-1;+1 InChIKey CRWJEUDFKNYSBX-UHFFFAOYAE Standard InChI InChI=1S/BrO.Na/c1-2;/q-1;+1 Standard InChIKey CRWJEUDFKNYSBX-UHFFFAOYSA-N EC number 237-520-4 ChemSpider 146053 Properties Chemical formula NaBrO Molar mass 118.89 g mol−1 Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)

Sodium hypobromite is the sodium salt of hypobromous acid. It can be prepared by the reaction of bromine with aqueous sodium hydroxide solution at 0 °C or lower. It has long been known as a strong oxidizing agent in solution, but the solid pentahydrate was not isolated until 1959.