Brominous acid
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Surname | Brominous acid | ||||||||||||
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Bromine (III) acid |
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Molecular formula | HBrO 2 | ||||||||||||
Brief description |
not purely representable |
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Molar mass | 112.91 g mol −1 | ||||||||||||
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only stable in aqueous solution |
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As far as possible and customary, SI units are used. Unless otherwise noted, the data given apply to standard conditions . |
The bromous acid is the oxygen acid of bromine in the +3 oxidation state. It has the empirical formula HBrO 2 . Their salts are the bromites . The acid is not stable in its free form and only occurs as an intermediate product in the oxidation of hypobromous acid to bromic acid . The oxidation can take place classically chemical or electrochemical ( anodic ).
The disproportionation of hypobromous acid also initially yields the bromous acid, which in turn disproportionates to hypobromous acid and bromic acid.
The synproportionation of bromic acid and hydrobromic acid gives bromous acid:
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c A. F. Holleman , E. Wiberg , N. Wiberg : Textbook of Inorganic Chemistry . 101st edition. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-11-012641-9 , p. 482.
- ↑ This substance has either not yet been classified with regard to its hazardousness or a reliable and citable source has not yet been found.