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IUPAC name
Zirconium tribromide
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Properties | |
Br3Zr | |
Molar mass | 330.936 g·mol−1 |
Appearance | black |
Structure | |
Hexagonal | |
P63/mcm, No. 193 | |
a = 6.728 Å, c = 6.299 Å α = 90°, β = 90°, γ = 120°
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Related compounds | |
Other
anions
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Zirconium(III) chloride Zirconium(III) iodide |
Other
cations
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Titanium(III) bromide Hafnium(III) bromide |
Related compounds
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Zirconium(IV) bromide |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their
standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Zirconium(III) bromide is an inorganic compound with the formula ZrBr3.
Almost all the trihalides of titanium, zirconium and hafnium can be prepared by the high-temperature reduction of the corresponding tetrahalide with the metal. Incomplete reaction and contamination of the product with excess metal often occurs. [1]
Zirconium(III) bromide can thus be prepared from zirconium(IV) bromide and zirconium foil.
Alternatively, zirconium(III) bromide crystallises from a solution of zirconium(III) in aluminium tribromide. The solution is prepared by reducing a eutectic solution of ZrBr4 in liquid AlBr3 at a temperature of 230–300 °C with metallic zirconium or aluminium. [2] [3]
Zirconium(III) bromide has a lower magnetic moment than is expected for the d1 metal ion Zr3+, indicating non-negligible Zr-Zr bonding. [1]
The crystal structure of zirconium(III) bromide is based on hexagonal close packing of bromide ions with one third of the octahedral interstices occupied by Zr3+ ions. [1] The structure consists of parallel chains of face-sharing {ZrBr6} octahedra with equally spaced metal atoms. There is some elongation of the octahedra along the metal-metal axis, partly due to metal-metal repulsion. [3] ZrCl3, ZrBr3 and ZrI3 all adopt the β-TiCl3 structure, [1] but the elongation of octahedra is most pronounced in the chloride, moderate in the bromide and negligible in the iodide. [3]