Platinum(IV) bromide

Platintetrabromid

Dark red solid

Fixed

5.687 g · cm -3

180 ° C ( decomposition)

Soluble in water

Risk

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Platinum ( IV ) bromide is an inorganic chemical compound of the platinum from the group consisting of bromides.

Production and representation

Platinum ( IV ) bromide, by reaction of H2 Platinbromwasserstoffsäure [ PtBr6 ] · 9H2O (which can be represented by the reaction of platinum with hydrobromic acid ) are obtained with bromine.

It can also be obtained by reaction of bromine with platinum, wherein the reaction proceeds very slowly.

Properties

Platinum (IV ) bromide is a dark red to black purple solid which is soluble in water to form H2 [ PtBr4 (OH ) 2]. It is very slightly soluble in ethanol and in ether, and has an orthorhombic crystal structure with space group Pbca (a = 1199 pm, b = 1365 pm, c = 633 pm ).