Technetium(III) bromide

Technetium tribromide
Names
	Other names Technetium(III) bromide
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image;
ChemSpider	25946365;
	InChI InChI=1S/3BrH.Tc/h3*1H;/q;;;+3/p-3 Key: NBIDPFWQSWZOKH-UHFFFAOYSA-K;
	SMILES [Br-].[Br-].[Br-].[Tc+3];
Properties
Chemical formula	Br3Tc
Molar mass	338 g·mol−1
Solubility in water	insoluble
Structure
Crystal structure	orthorhombic
Related compounds
Related compounds	Rhenium tribromide
	Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). Infobox references

Technetium tribromide is a binary inorganic chemical compound of technetium metal and bromine with the chemical formula TcBr₃.

Synthesis

TcBr₃ can be synthesized by reaction of Tc metal with elemental bromine at 400 °C.^[1]

TcBr₃ crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pmmn (a = 11.0656(2) Å, b = 5.9717(1) Å, c = 6.3870(1) Å.^[1]

Technetium tribromide is isomorphous with RuBr₃ and MoBr₃.^[1]

The compound is stable in air for weeks and insoluble in common organic solvents.^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c Poineau, Frederic; Rodriguez, Efrain E.; Forster, Paul M.; Sattelberger, Alfred P.; Cheetham, Anthony K.; Czerwinski, Kenneth R. (28 January 2009). "Preparation of the binary technetium bromides: TcBr3 and TcBr4". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 131 (3): 910–911. doi:10.1021/ja808597r. ISSN 1520-5126. PMID 19115848. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
^ Sattelberger, Alfred (1 January 2009). "Preparation of the Binary Technetium Bromides: TcBr 3 and TcBr 4". Journal of the American Chemical Society. Retrieved 19 July 2024.