Chemistry:Germanium dibromide

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Germanium dibromide
GeBr2.png
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
EC Number
  • 627-437-5
Properties
Br2Ge
Molar mass 232.438 g·mol−1
Appearance white to pale yellow solid[1]
Melting point 120–125 °C[2]
143–144 °C (when heating rapidly)[1]
Hazards
GHS pictograms GHS05: Corrosive
GHS Signal word Danger
H314
P260, P264, P280, P301+330+331, P302+361+354Script error: No such module "Preview warning".Category:GHS errors, P304+340, P305+354+338Script error: No such module "Preview warning".Category:GHS errors, P316Script error: No such module "Preview warning".Category:GHS errors, P321, P363, P405, P501
Related compounds
Other anions
Germanium difluoride
Germanium dichloride
Germanium diiodide
Other cations
Tin dibromide
Lead dibromide
Related compounds
Germanium tetrabromide
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Infobox references

Germanium dibromide is a bromide of germanium with the chemical formula GeBr2.

Preparation

Germanium dibromide can be obtained by reducing germanium tetrabromide with germanium or zinc.[4][1]

[math]\ce{ Ge + GeBr4 -> 2GeBr2 }[/math]

Properties

Germanium dibromide is a yellow-white solid that is soluble in ethanol and acetone. It disproportionates into germanium tetrabromide and germanium.[1][5] It hydrolyzes to germanium dihydroxide.[4] Germanium dibromide is monoclinic, space group P21/c (No. 14), lattice parameters a = 11.68 Å, b = 9.12 Å, c = 7.02 Å, and β = 101.9°.[6] It can react with cyclopentadienylsodium or cyclopentadienylthallium in ether solvent to form germanocene.[7]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Georg Brauer (Hrsg.), unter Mitarbeit von Marianne Baudler u. a.: Handbuch der Präparativen Anorganischen Chemie. 3., umgearbeitete Auflage. Band I, Ferdinand Enke, Stuttgart 1975, ISBN 3-432-02328-6, S. 724.
  2. Sigma-Aldrich Co., Germanium(II) bromide, 97%.
  3. "Germanium(II) bromide" (in en). https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/6327224#section=Safety-and-Hazards. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Holleman, Arnold Frederik; Wiberg, Egon (2001), Wiberg, Nils, ed., Inorganic Chemistry, San Diego/Berlin: Academic Press/De Gruyter, p. 959, ISBN 0-12-352651-5 
  5. L. M. Dennis (1928-08-02), "Germanium. Zusammenfassung der Untersuchungen im Department of Chemistry, Cornell University, 1921-1927", Zeitschrift fÜr anorganische und allgemeine Chemie 174 (1): 97–141, doi:10.1002/zaac.19281740114 
  6. Roland C. Rouse, Donald R. Peacor, Bruce R. Maxim (1977-01-01), "The crystal structure of germanium dibromide*", Zeitschrift für Kristallographie - Crystalline Materials 145 (3–4): 161–171, doi:10.1524/zkri.1977.145.3-4.161, ISSN 2194-4946, Bibcode1977ZK....145..161R 
  7. John V. Scibelli, M. David. Curtis (February 1973). "Bis(.pi.-cyclopentadienyl)germanium(II)" (in en). Journal of the American Chemical Society 95 (3): 924–925. doi:10.1021/ja00784a051. ISSN 0002-7863. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja00784a051. Retrieved 2021-06-10.