Nitrogen tribromide

Nitrogen tribromide

Names
IUPAC name nitrogen tribromide
Identifiers
CAS Number	15162-90-0
ChemSpider	20480821
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PubChem	3082084
InChI InChI=1S/3BrH.N/h3*1H;/p-3
SMILES N(Br)(Br)Br
Properties
Chemical formula	Br3N
Molar mass	253.7187 g/mol
Appearance	Deep red solid
Melting point	Explodes at -100 °C[1]
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Infobox references

Nitrogen tribromide is a chemical compound with the formula NBr₃. It is extremely explosive in its pure form, even at −100 °C, and was not isolated until 1975.^[2] It is a deep-red, volatile solid, and was first prepared by the bromination of bistrimethlysilylbromamine with BrCl at −87 °C:

(Me₃Si)₂NBr + 2 BrCl → NBr₃ + 2 Me
3SiCl

It reacts instantly with ammonia in dichloromethane solution at −87°C to yield NBrH₂.

References

1. Lide, David R. (1998), Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (87 ed.), Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, pp. 4–73, ISBN 0-8493-0594-2
2. N. N. Greenwood and A. Earnshaw, "Chemistry of the Elements", 2006 Butterworth-Heinemann