Gold(III) bromide

Gold(III) bromide
Ball-and-stick model of gold(III) bromide
Space-filling model of gold(III) bromide
Names
Other names
Auric bromide
Gold bromide
Gold(III) bromide
Gold tribromide
Digold hexabromide
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChEBI
ChemSpider
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EC Number
  • 233-654-2
164245
UNII
  • InChI=1S/Au.3BrH/h;3*1H/q+3;;;/p-3 checkY
    Key: OVWPJGBVJCTEBJ-UHFFFAOYSA-K checkY
  • InChI=1S/Au.3BrH/h;3*1H/q+3;;;/p-3
    Key: OVWPJGBVJCTEBJ-DFZHHIFOAK
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  • ionic form: [Au+3].[Br-].[Br-].[Br-]
  • covalent form: Br[Au-]1(Br)[Br+][Au-]([Br+]1)(Br)Br
Properties
AuBr3
Molar mass 436.679 g·mol−1
Appearance dark red to black crystals
Melting point 97.5 °C (207.5 °F; 370.6 K)
Slightly soluble[1]
Hazards
GHS labelling:[2]
GHS05: Corrosive
Danger
H314
P260, P264, P280, P301+P330+P331, P302+P361+P354, P304+P340, P305+P354+P338, P316, P321, P363, P405, P501
NFPA 704 (fire diamond)
NFPA 704 four-colored diamondHealth 3: Short exposure could cause serious temporary or residual injury. E.g. chlorine gasFlammability (red): no hazard codeInstability (yellow): no hazard codeSpecial hazards (white): no code
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Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Gold(III) bromide is a dark-red to black crystalline solid.[3][4][5] It has the empirical formula AuBr3, but exists as a dimer with the molecular formula Au2Br6 in which two gold atoms are bridged by two bromine atoms.[4][5][6] It is commonly referred to as gold(III) bromide, gold tribromide, and rarely but traditionally auric bromide, and sometimes as digold hexabromide. The analogous copper or silver tribromides do not exist.[7]

  1. ^ "Gold(III) bromide 99.999% trace metals". Sigma Aldrich. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Gold tribromide". pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.
  3. ^ Macintyre, J. E. (ed.) Dictionary of Inorganic Compounds; Chapman & Hall: London, 1992; vol. 1, pp. 121
  4. ^ a b Greenwood, N.N.; Earnshaw, A. Chemistry of the Elements; Butterworth-Heineman: Oxford,1997; pp. 1183-1185
  5. ^ a b Cotton, F.A.; Wilkinson, G.; Murillo, C.A.; Bochmann, M. Advanced Inorganic Chemistry; John Wiley & Sons: New York, 1999; pp. 1101-1102
  6. ^ Schulz, A.; Hargittai, M. Chem. Eur. J. 2001, vol. 7, pp. 3657-3670
  7. ^ Schwerdtfeger, P. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1989, vol. 111, pp. 7261-7262