Tin(II) bromide
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tin dibromide, stannous bromide
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.030.067 |
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| SnBr2 | |
| Molar mass | 278.518 g/mol |
| Appearance | yellow powder |
| Density | 5.12 g/cm3, solid |
| Melting point | 215 °C (419 °F; 488 K) |
| Boiling point | 639 °C (1,182 °F; 912 K) |
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| related to PbCl2 | |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Tin(II) bromide is a chemical compound of tin and bromine with a chemical formula of SnBr2. Tin is in the +2 oxidation state. The stability of tin compounds in this oxidation state is attributed to the inert pair effect.[1]
Structure and bonding
In the gas phase SnBr2 is non-linear with a bent configuration similar to SnCl2 in the gas phase. The Br-Sn-Br angle is 95° and the Sn-Br bond length is 255pm.[2] There is evidence of dimerisation in the gaseous phase.[3] The solid state structure is related to that of SnCl2 and PbCl2 and the tin atoms have five near bromine atom neighbours in an approximately trigonal bipyramidal configuration.[4]
Preparation
Tin(II) bromide can be prepared by the reaction of metallic tin and HBr distilling off the H2O/HBr and cooling:[5]
- Sn + 2 HBr→ SnBr2 + H2
However, the reaction will produce tin (IV) bromide in the presence of oxygen.
Reactions
SnBr2 is soluble in donor solvents such as acetone, pyridine and dimethylsulfoxide to give pyramidal adducts.[5]
A number of hydrates are known, 2SnBr2·H2O, 3SnBr2·H2O & 6SnBr2·5H2O which in the solid phase have tin coordinated by a distorted trigonal prism of 6 bromine atoms with Br or H2O capping 1 or 2 faces.[1]
When dissolved in HBr the pyramidal SnBr3− ion is formed.[1]
Like SnCl2 it is a reducing agent. With a variety of alkyl bromides oxidative addition can occur to yield the alkyltin tribromide[6] e.g.
- SnBr2 + RBr→ RSnBr3
Tin(II) bromide can act as a Lewis acid forming adducts with donor molecules e.g. trimethylamine where it forms NMe3·SnBr2 and 2NMe3·SnBr2 [7] It can also act as both donor and acceptor in, for example, the complex F3B·SnBr2·NMe3 where it is a donor to boron trifluoride and an acceptor to trimethylamine. [8]
References
- ^ a b c Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.
- ^ J.L Wardell "Tin:Inorganic Chemistry" Encyclopedia of Inorganic Chemistry Ed: R Bruce King John Wiley & Sons (1994) ISBN 0-471-93620-0
- ^ K. Hilpert; M. Miller; F. Ramondo (1991). "Thermochemistry of tetrabromoditin and bromoiodotin gaseous". J. Phys. Chem. 95 (19): 7261–7266. doi:10.1021/j100172a031.
- ^ Abrahams I.; Demetriou D.Z. (2000). "Inert Pair Effects in Tin and Lead Dihalides: Crystal Structure of Tin(II) Bromide". Journal of Solid State Chemistry. 149 (1): 28–32. Bibcode:2000JSSCh.149...28A. doi:10.1006/jssc.1999.8489.
- ^ a b Cotton, F. Albert; Wilkinson, Geoffrey; Murillo, Carlos A.; Bochmann, Manfred (1999), Advanced Inorganic Chemistry (6th ed.), New York: Wiley-Interscience, ISBN 0-471-19957-5
- ^ Bulten E.J. (1975). "A convenient synthesis of (C1-C18) alkyltin tribromides". Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 97 (1): 167–172. doi:10.1016/S0022-328X(00)89463-2. hdl:1874/15985.
- ^ Chung Chun Hsu & R. A. Geanangel (1977). "Synthesis and studies of trimethylamine adducts with tin(II) halides". Inorg. Chem. 16 (1): 2529–2534. doi:10.1021/ic50176a022.
- ^ Chung Chun Hsu & R. A. Geanangel (1980). "Donor and acceptor behavior of divalent tin compounds". Inorg. Chem. 19 (1): 110–119. doi:10.1021/ic50203a024.