9125. Tellurium Tetrabromide

Nomenclature

CAS number: 10031-27-3
Telluric bromide.
Br4Te; mol wt 447.22.
Br 71.47%, Te 28.53%.
TeBr4.

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.