Phosphorus pentabromide

Phosphorus pentabromide is a reactive, yellow solid of formula PBr5, which has the structure PBr4+ Br in the solid state but in the vapor phase is completely dissociated to PBr3 and Br2. Rapid cooling of this phase to 15 K leads to formation of the ionic species phosphorus heptabromide ([PBr4]+[Br3]).[1]

Phosphorus pentabromide
Names
IUPAC name
phosphorus pentabromide
Other names
phosphorus(V) bromide
Identifiers
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Properties
PBr5
Molar mass 430.49 g/mol
Appearance yellow solid
Density 3.61 g/cm3
Melting point ca. 100 °C (decomposes)
Boiling point 106 °C (223 °F; 379 K) (decomposes)
decomposes
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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It can be used in organic chemistry to convert carboxylic acids to acyl bromides. It is highly corrosive. It decomposes above 100 °C to give phosphorus tribromide and bromine:[2]

PBr5PBr3 + Br2

Reversing this equilibrium to generate PBr5 by addition of Br2 to PBr3 is difficult in practice because the product is susceptible to further addition to yield phosphorus heptabromide (PBr7).[3]

References

  1. https://books.google.com.my/books?id=5ufh9rM5ko0C&pg=PA154&lpg=PA154&dq=rapid+cooling+of+pbr5&source=bl&ots=7T1GFWzxFg&sig=ACfU3U27MrYXojqE6faSgeWLLAq-5dKS7Q&hl=zh-CN&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiJz4CAuKvpAhUTheYKHQZsD_YQ6AEwDHoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=rapid%20cooling%20of%20pbr5&f=false
  2. Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.
  3. Popov, A. I.; Skelly, N. E. (1954). "Spectrophotometric Study of Phosphorus Pentabromide in Various Solvents". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 76 (15): 3916–3919. doi:10.1021/ja01644a014.
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