Uranyl bromide is a salt of uranium, oxygen, and bromine with the chemical formula UO2Br2.[1][2]
Synthesis
Uranyl bromide can be obtained by passing bromine vapor over a heated mixture of UO2 and charcoal. The formed compound is extracted with ether.[3]
Physical properties
The compound is highly soluble and hygroscopic, forming intensely red solutions in water.[4][5] Uranyl bromide is known to form complex compounds with oxygen-containing ligands[6] and can undergo reduction to a black powder upon heating in such solutions.[citation needed]
References
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- ^ Rabinowitch, Eugene; Belford, R. Linn (22 October 2013). Spectroscopy and Photochemistry of Uranyl Compounds: International Series of Monographs on Nuclear Energy. Elsevier. p. 85. ISBN 978-1-4831-5675-0. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
- ^ Hodge, Harold C.; Stannard, J. N.; Hursh, J. B. (29 June 2013). Uranium · Plutonium Transplutonic Elements. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 107. ISBN 978-3-642-65551-7.
- ^ Peterson, Sigfred (1 April 1961). "Uranyl bromides obtained from aqueous solution". Journal of Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry. 17 (1): 135–137. doi:10.1016/0022-1902(61)80198-X. ISSN 0022-1902.
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- ^ Crawford, Margaret-Jane; Ellern, Arkady; Nöth, Heinrich; Suter, Max (2003). "Synthesis and Structure of UO2I2(OH2)2·4Et2O: First Structurally Characterized U(VI)−I Bond and Lightest Missing Member of the UO2X2(X = Halide) Series". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 125 (39): 11778–11779. doi:10.1021/ja030260r. PMID 14505374.