Potassium hypobromite

Potassium hypobromate trihydrate IUPAC name Potassium hypobromite — water (1/3) Other names Potassium bromate(I) Identifiers InChI InChI=1/BrO.K.5H2O/c1-2;;;;;;/h;;5*1H2/q-1;+1;;;;; Standard InChI InChI=1S/BrO.K.5H2O/c1-2;;;;;;/h;;5*1H2/q-1;+1;;;;; Standard InChIKey HEVCOVLJVKIYEP-UHFFFAOYSA-N CAS number [13824-97-0] Properties Chemical formula KBrO·3H2O Molar mass 189.05 g mol−1 Related compounds Other anions Potassium hypochlorite Other cations Lithium hypobromite Sodium hypobromite Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)

Potassium hypobromite Identifiers InChI InChI=1/BrO.K/c1-2;/q-1;+1 InChIKey ORQYPOUSZINNCB-UHFFFAOYAZ Standard InChI InChI=1S/BrO.K/c1-2;/q-1;+1 Standard InChIKey ORQYPOUSZINNCB-UHFFFAOYSA-N ChemSpider 8074495 Properties Chemical formula KBrO Molar mass 135.00 g mol−1 Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)

Potassium hypobromite, KBrO, is the potassium salt of hypobromous acid. It can be prepared by the reaction of bromine with aqueous potassium hydroxide solution at 0 °C or lower. It has long been known as a strong oxidizing agent in solution, but the solid trihydrate was not isolated until 1952.