Chemistry:Selenium dibromide

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Selenium dibromide
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Names
IUPAC name
Bromo selenohypobromite
Systematic IUPAC name
Selenium dibromide
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
UNII
Properties
Br2Se
Molar mass 238.779 g·mol−1
Related compounds
Other anions
Selenium dichloride, SeCl
2
Other cations
Sulfur dibromide, SBr
2
Related compounds
Selenium tetrabromide, SeBr
4
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Infobox references

Selenium dibromide is a compound made of one selenium and two bromine atoms. It is unstable. No solid form of the compound has been discovered but it is a component of the equilibria in the vapour above selenium tetrabromide (SeBr
4
) and in nonaqueous solutions.[1] In acetonitrile solution, selenium reacts with SeBr
4
to form an equilibrium mixture containing SeBr
2
, Se
2
Br
2
and Br
2
.[2] This covalent compound has a bent molecular geometry in the gas phase.[3]

References

  1. Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. pp. 768, 771–772. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8. 
  2. Steudel, Ralf; Jensen, Detlef; Baumgart, Frank (1990). "77Se-NMR and raman spectroscopic characterization of selenium dibromide (SeBr2) and its reaction with titanocene pentasulphide to give cyclic selenium sulphides of ring size 6, 7, 8, and 12". Polyhedron 9 (9): 1199–1208. doi:10.1016/S0277-5387(00)86896-5. 
  3. Shlykov, Sergey A.; Titov, Anton V.; Oberhammer, Heinz; Giricheva, Nina I.; Girichev, Georgiy V. (2008). "The molecular structure of selenium dibromide as determined by combined gas-phase electron diffraction–mass spectrometric experiments and quantum chemical calculations". Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 10 (42): 6438–6445. doi:10.1039/B808071B. PMID 18972032.