Phosphorus pentabromide
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Phosphorus pentabromide, PBr5, is the highest bromide of phosphorus. The PBr5 molecule is unknown: the compound exists as PBr+4Br− in the solid state, and dissociates to phosphorus tribromide and bromine in the gas phase.[1] It is used as a brominating agent, converting carboxylic acids to acyl bromides and phenols and secondary alcohols to the corresponding bromides.[2]
Notes and references
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References
- ↑ Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, A. Chemistry of the Elements; Pergamon: Oxford, 1984; pp 571–75. ISBN 0-08-022057-6.
- ↑ Ukeles, S. D.; Freiberg, M. Bromine, Inorganic Compounds. In Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology; John Wiley: New York, 2002. DOI: 10.1002/0471238961.021815131001031.
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