Perbromic acid

Perbromic acid
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChEBI
ChemSpider
  • InChI=1S/HBrO4/c2-1(3,4)5/h(H,2,3,4,5) checkY
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  • InChI=1/HBrO4/c2-1(3,4)5/h(H,2,3,4,5)
    Key: LLYCMZGLHLKPPU-UHFFFAOYAZ
  • O[Br+3]([O-])([O-])[O-]
Properties
BrHO4
Molar mass 144.908
Melting point decomposes before melting, unstable as solid
Conjugate base Perbromate
Hazards
Occupational safety and health (OHS/OSH):
Main hazards
powerful oxidizer
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Perbromic acid is the inorganic compound with the formula HBrO4. Perbromic acid is characterized as a colorless liquid which has no characteristic scent. It is an oxoacid of bromine, with an oxidation state of +7. Perbromic acid is a strong acid and strongly oxidizing, though dilute perbromic acid solutions are slow oxidizing agents. It is the most unstable of the halogen(VII) oxoacids. It decomposes rapidly on standing to bromic acid and oxygen, which releases toxic brown bromine vapors. It can be used in the synthesis of perbromate salts, by reacting with a base.

Perbromic acid is unstable and cannot be formed by displacement of chlorine from perchloric acid, as periodic acid is prepared; it can only be made by protonation of the perbromate ion. Perbromic acid is stable in aqueous solutions no greater than 6M. Perbromic acid solutions greater than 6M are unstable in air, where an autocatalytic decomposition of the compound will occur. Metals such as Ce4+ and Ag+ can also catalyze the compound.