Rhenium (IV) bromide

General
Surname	Rhenium (IV) bromide
other names	Rhenium tetrabromide
Molecular formula	ReBr 4
Brief description	black solid
External identifiers / databases
CAS number 36753-03-4 EC number 253-187-8 ECHA InfoCard 100.048.336 PubChem 169803 Wikidata Q4096892
properties
Molar mass	505.82 g mol −1
Physical state	firmly
density	5.47 g cm −3
safety instructions
GHS hazard labeling no classification available
As far as possible and customary, SI units are used. Unless otherwise noted, the data given apply to standard conditions .

Rhenium (IV) bromide is an inorganic chemical compound of rhenium from the group of bromides .

Extraction and presentation

Rhenium (IV) bromide can be obtained by reacting rhenium (V) chloride with boron (III) bromide .

${\displaystyle \mathrm {6\ ReCl_{5}+10\ BBr_{3}\longrightarrow 6\ ReBr_{4}+3\ Br_{2}+10\ BCl_{3}} }$

properties

Rhenium (IV) bromide is a black solid. Its crystal structure is isotypic to that of with γ- rhenium (IV) chloride .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Georg Brauer (Ed.) U. a .: Handbook of Preparative Inorganic Chemistry. 3rd, revised edition. Volume III, Ferdinand Enke, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-432-87823-0 , p. 1612.
2. ↑ This substance has either not yet been classified with regard to its hazardousness or a reliable and citable source has not yet been found.