Selenium tetrabromide

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Selenium tetrabromide
IUPAC name tetra-μ3-bromido-tetrakis(tribromidoselenium)
Identifiers
Standard InChI InChI=1S/Br16Se4/c1-17(2,3)13- 18(4,5,6)14(17)20(10,11,12)15( 17)19(13,7,8,9)16(18)20
Standard InChIKey SPEQDFMFVYVPLS-UHFFFAOYSA-N
CAS number [7789-65-3]
EC number 232-181-9
Properties[1]
Chemical formula Se4Br16
Molar mass 1594.3 g mol−1
Appearance red-brown crystals
Melting point

75 °C decomp.

Solubility in water hydrolyzes
Structure (α-phase)[2]
Space group P31c
Lattice constant a = 1020.0(7) pm, c = 3035.1(18) pm
Structure (β-phase)[2]
Space group P2/c
Lattice constant a = 1702 pm, b = 1039 pm, c = 1549 pm, α = 90°, β = 117°, γ = 90°
Hazards[3][4]
EU index number 034-002-00-8
GHS pictograms Acute Tox. 3 (oral, inhalation)STOT RE 2Aquatic Acute 1, Aquatic Chronic 1
GHS signal word DANGER
GHS hazard statements H301, H331, H373, H400, H410
GHS precautionary statements P260, P261, P264, P270, P271, P273, P301+312, P304+340, P311, P314, P321, P330, P391, P403+233
PEL (U.S.) 0.2 mg m−3 TWA (as Se)
Related compounds
Other anions Selenium tetrafluoride
Selenium tetrachloride
Other cations Tellurium tetrabromide
Polonium tetrabromide
Other compounds Selenium monobromide
Diselenium dibromide
Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)

Selenium tetrabromide, SeBr4, is the highest of the bromides of selenium. It is used as a photoreceptor dopant in electrophotography[5] and as an additive in silver electroplating baths.[1]

Notes and references

Notes

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Born, P.; Kniep, R.; Mootz, D. Phasenbeziehungen im System Se–Br und die Kristallstrukturen des dimorphen SeBr4. Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 1979, 451 (1), 12–24. DOI: 10.1002/zaac.19794510103.
  3. Index no. 034-002-00-8 of Annex VI, Part 3, to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006. OJEU L353, 31.12.2008, pp 1–1355 at p 428.
  4. "Selenium compounds (as Se)" in 29 C.F.R. § 1910.1000 Table Z-1, 54 FR 36767, September 5, 1989, as amended. Selenium. In Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (NIOSH) Publication No. 2005-149; Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 2005. ISBN 9780160727511, <http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/npgd0550.html>.
  5. Teshima, T.; Nozaki, N.; Koyama, M., et al. (Stanley Electric Co.) Flexible multi-layer photoreceptor of electrophotography. US Patent 4226929, published 7 October 1980.

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