Bromous acid
Bromous acid is a chemical compound. It is an acid. Its chemical formula is HBrO2. It contains hydrogen and bromite ions. It contains bromine in its +3 oxidation state.
| Bromous acid | |
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| IUPAC name | hydroxy-λ3-bromanone hydroxidooxidobromine bromous acid |
| Identifiers | |
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| PubChem | |
| ChEBI | CHEBI:29247 |
| SMILES | O=BrO |
| Properties | |
| Molecular formula | HBrO2 |
| Molar mass | 112.911 g/mol |
| Related compounds | |
| Other anions | Hydrobromic acid; hypobromous acid; bromic acid; perbromic acid |
| Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa) | |
Properties
It can be made by oxidizing hypobromous acid with hypochlorous acid. It can also be made by careful disproportionation of hypobromous acid. It can also be made by reacting hypobromous acid and bromic acid. They can be used to reduce permanganates to manganates.
Bromous Acid Media
The bromite ion in sodium bromite.
