Selenium dibromide
Chemical compound
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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 (SeBr4) and in nonaqueous solutions.[1] In acetonitrile solution, selenium reacts with SeBr4 to form an equilibrium mixture containing SeBr2, Se2Br2 and Br2.[2] This covalent compound has a bent molecular geometry in the gas phase.[3]
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| IUPAC name
Bromo selenohypobromite | |
| Systematic IUPAC name
Selenium dibromide | |
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| Properties | |
| Br2Se | |
| Molar mass | 238.779 g·mol−1 |
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Other anions |
Selenium dichloride, SeCl2 |
Other cations |
Sulfur dibromide, SBr2 |
Related compounds |
Selenium tetrabromide, SeBr4 |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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