Sodium hypobromite

Sodium hypobromite 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;;;;; Standard InChI InChI=1S/BrO.Na.5H2O/c1-2;;;;;;/h;;5*1H2/q-1;+1;;;;; Standard InChIKey NPFXHYUPZMEVOH-UHFFFAOYSA-N CAS number [13824-96-9] EC number 237-520-4 Properties Chemical formula NaBrO·5H2O Molar mass 208.97 g mol−1 Related compounds Other anions Sodium hypochlorite Other cations Lithium hypobromite Potassium hypobromite Other compounds Sodium bromide Sodium bromite Sodium bromate Sodium perbromate 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, NaBrO, 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 1952.