Bromic acid

Bromic acid
Skeletal model of bromic acid
Spacefill model of bromic acid
Names
IUPAC name
Bromic acid
Other names
Bromic(V) acid
Hydrogen bromate
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
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ChEMBL
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ECHA InfoCard 100.029.235 Edit this at Wikidata
EC Number
  • 232-158-3
25861
MeSH Bromic+acid
UNII
  • InChI=1S/BrHO3/c2-1(3)4/h(H,2,3,4) checkY
    Key: SXDBWCPKPHAZSM-UHFFFAOYSA-N checkY
  • InChI=1/BrHO3/c2-1(3)4/h(H,2,3,4)
    Key: SXDBWCPKPHAZSM-UHFFFAOYAE
  • O[Br+2]([O-])[O-]
  • O=Br(=O)O
Properties
BrHO3
Molar mass 128.909 g·mol−1
Acidity (pKa) −2
Conjugate base Bromate
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Bromic acid, also known as hydrogen bromate, is an oxoacid with the molecular formula HBrO3. It only exists in aqueous solution.[1][2] It is a colorless solution that turns yellow at room temperature as it decomposes to bromine.[1][3] Bromic acid and bromates are powerful oxidizing agents and are common ingredients in Belousov–Zhabotinsky reactions.[3][4] Belousov-Zhabotinsky reactions are a classic example of non-equilibrium thermodynamics.

  1. ^ a b The Merck Index: An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals. 14th Edition. 2006.
  2. ^ Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia. Glenn D. Considine. Ninth Edition. Volume 1. p 554
  3. ^ a b Recipes for Belousov–Zhabotinsky reagents. J. Chem. Educ., 1991, 68 (4), 320. doi:10.1021/ed068p320
  4. ^ The Source of the Carbon Monoxide in the Classical Belousov–Zhabotinsky Reaction. J. Phys. Chem. A., 2007, 111 (32), 7805–12 doi:10.1021/jp073512+