Nomenclature
CAS number: 10031-27-3
Telluric bromide.
Br
4Te; mol wt 447.22.
Br 71.47%, Te 28.53%.
TeBr
4.
Description and references
Prepd from the elements: Fehér in Handbook of Preparative Inorganic Chemistry vol. 1, G. Brauer, Ed. (Academic Press, New York, 2nd
ed., 1963) pp 445-446.
Properties
Orange crystals when cold, red when hot. d 4.3. mp ≈380°. bp 414-420°, dec into dibromide and bromine;
can be sublimed without dec at 300° in vacuum. Soluble in a little
water, but hydrolyzed by much water. Sol in HBr, ether, glacial acetic
acid. Keep well closed.