Nitrosyl bromide

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Identifiers

CAS Number

* 13444-87-6 Y

3D model (JSmol)

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* 109908 Y

PubChem CID

* 123304

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* DTXSID90158701

InChI

* InChI=1S/BrNO/c1-2-3 Y

Key: BMNDJWSIKZECMH-UHFFFAOYSA-N Y

SMILES

* BrN=O

Properties

Chemical formula

| NOBr
Molar mass | 109.910 g/mol
Appearance  | Red gas
Boiling point | 14.5 °C (58.1 °F; 287.6 K)

Refractive index (nD)

| 1.524
Related compounds

Related compounds

* Nitroxyl
* Nitrosyl fluoride
* Nitrosyl chloride

Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Infobox references

Chemical compound

Nitrosyl bromide is the chemical compound with the chemical formula NOBr. It is a red gas with a condensing point just below room temperature.[1] It reacts with water.[1]

Nitrosyl bromide can be formed by the reversible reaction of nitric oxide with bromine.[2] This reaction is of interest as it is one of very few third-order homogeneous gas reactions. NOBr is prone to photodissociation at standard pressure and temperature.

2 NO + Br2 ⇌ 2 NOBr

Another way to make it is by way of nitric oxide reacting with potassium bromide.[1]

2NO2 \+ KBr → BrNO + KNO3

## Dissociation kinetics[edit]

The bond breaking of the chemical can be done with photolysis using a light to separate the molecules that are present. Another to separate nitrosyl bromide into NO and Br or Br2 is by having excess of NO which then the experiment will follow first order kinetics. This reverse rate constant was calculated to be kr = 2.29 ± 0.33 x 10-21 cm3 /molecules

With excess Br2 plus NO the reaction follows third order kinetics.

Br2 + 2NO ↔ 2BrNO

Some of the previous experiments that determined reaction rates were also done by Histatsune and Zafonte, Hippler, and Godfrey. Histatsune and Zafonte determined the forward and reverse reaction rate constants. Hippler studied the recombination of Br atoms after photoylsis of less than 0.3 torr of Br2 at room temperate in the range of 1 - 100 atm. He also studied the 2 recombination of Br and NO in the presence of helium. Godfrey examined the kinetics of BrNO formation and destruction using time resolved photolysis techniques. He also included the effects of the loss of Br2 to internal surfaces of the cell in calculations of the reaction rate constants. The reaction rates were determined to be between the range of 1.32 ± 0.14 to 1.68 ± 0.11 x 10-38 cm6 /molecule2 -s for kf and from 2.09 ± 0.55 to 3.71 x 10-21 cm3 /molecule-s for kr.

There was a rate constant found of kf = 1.56 ± 0.20 x 10-38 cm6 /molecule2 - s at 293 ± 1 K[3]

The third order reaction is the best reaction to show the formation of nitrosyl bromide. The third order reaction is rare to see with bond breaking reactions between stable molecules but there have been no experiments to prove that this experiment does not have any intermediate steps, but it is suspected that there is two steps. [3]

## Safety Precautions[edit]

Nitrosyl bromide photodissociates to toxic chemicals (bromine and nitric oxide). The chemical or its decomposition products should not get into contact with skin or eyes. Breathing or wafting any of these chemicals towards oneself can endanger health.

## Physical characteristics[edit]

Nitrosyl bromide is a red gas at room temperate.

## References[edit]

### Footnotes[edit]

1. ^ a b c Ratcliffe, Charles T.; Shreeve, Jean'ne M.; Wynne, Kenneth J. (January 1968). "Nitrosyl Halides". Inorganic Syntheses. Vol. 11\. pp. 194–200. doi:10.1002/9780470132425.ch39. ISBN 9780470131701.
2. ^ Esposti, C.D.; Tamassia, F.; Cazzoli, G.; Kisiel, Z. (April 1995). "Millimeter-Wave Spectrum of Nitrosyl Bromide in the Low-Lying Excited States: Equilibrium Structure and Cubic Force Field". Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy. 170 (2): 582–600. Bibcode:1995JMoSp.170..582E. doi:10.1006/jmsp.1995.1093.
3. ^ a b Y. Lian et al., Theoretical study on the structure and dissociation mechanism of electronic excited states of nitrosyl bromide molecules. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 126, 2936–2941 (2022).

### General sources[edit]

* Mahoney, Lori A., "The Kinetics Following Photolysis of Nitrosyl Bromide" (2004). Theses and Dissertations. 3719. https://scholar.afit.edu/etd/3719
* C. M. Blair, P. D. Brass, D. M. Yost, The equilibrium between nitric oxide, bromine and nitrosyl bromide. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 56, 1916–1918 (1934)

## External links[edit]

* Media related to Nitrosyl bromide at Wikimedia Commons

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Salts and covalent derivatives of the bromide ion

| HBr |  |  |  | He

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LiBr | BeBr2 | BBr3
+BO3 | CBr4
+C | NBr3
BrN3
NH4Br
NOBr
+N | Br2O
BrO2
Br2O3
Br2O5 | BrF
BrF3
BrF5 | Ne
NaBr | MgBr2 | AlBr
AlBr3 | SiBr4 | PBr3
PBr5
PBr7
+P | S2Br2
SBr2 | BrCl | Ar
KBr | CaBr2
|  | ScBr3 | TiBr2
TiBr3
TiBr4 | VBr2
VBr3 | CrBr2
CrBr3 | MnBr2 | FeBr2
FeBr3 | CoBr2 | NiBr2
NiBr42− | CuBr
CuBr2 | ZnBr2 | GaBr3 | GeBr2
GeBr4 | AsBr3
+As
+AsO3 | SeBr2
SeBr4 | Br2 | Kr
RbBr | SrBr2 |  | YBr3 | ZrBr3
ZrBr4 | NbBr5 | MoBr2
MoBr3
MoBr4 | TcBr4 | RuBr3 | RhBr3 | PdBr2 | AgBr | CdBr2 | InBr
InBr3 | SnBr2
SnBr4 | SbBr3
+Sb
-Sb | Te2Br
TeBr4
+Te | IBr
IBr3 | XeBr2
CsBr | BaBr2 | *  | LuBr3 | HfBr4 | TaBr5 | WBr5
WBr6 | ReBr3 | OsBr3
OsBr4 | IrBr3
IrBr
4 | PtBr2
PtBr4 | AuBr
AuBr3 | Hg2Br2
HgBr2 | TlBr | PbBr2 | BiBr3 | PoBr2
PoBr4 | AtBr | Rn
FrBr | RaBr2 | **  | Lr  | Rf  | Db  | Sg  | Bh  | Hs  | Mt  | Ds  | Rg  | Cn  | Nh  | Fl  | Mc  | Lv  | Ts  | Og

*  | LaBr3 | CeBr3 | PrBr3 | NdBr2
NdBr3 | PmBr3 | SmBr2
SmBr3 | EuBr2
EuBr3 | GdBr3 | TbBr3 | DyBr3 | HoBr3 | ErBr3 | TmBr2
TmBr3 | YbBr3
**  | AcBr3 | ThBr4 | PaBr4
PaBr5 | UBr4
UBr5 | NpBr3
NpBr4 | PuBr3 | AmBr2
AmBr3 | CmBr3 | BkBr3 | CfBr3 | EsBr2
EsBr3 | Fm  | Md  | No

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