Indium(I) bromide

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| IUPACName = Indium(I) bromide

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| InChI = 1/BrH.In/h1H;/q;+1/p-1

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| SMILES = [In]Br

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| Formula = InBr

| MolarMass = 194.722 g/mol

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| Density = 4.960 g/cm³

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| BoilingPtC = 656

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Indium(I) bromide is a chemical compound of indium and bromine. It is a red crystalline compound that is isostructural with β-TlI and has a distorted rock salt structure.Stephenson N.C., Mellor D.P. "The crystal structure of indium monobromide" Australian journal of scientific research A 3 (1950) 581-586

Indium(I) bromide is generally made from the elements, heating indium metal with InBr₃. It has been used in the sulfur lamp. In organic chemistry, it has been found to promote the coupling of α, α-dichloroketones to 1-aryl-butane-1,4-diones.{{cite journal | author = C. Peppe and R. Pavão das Chagas | title = Indium(I) Bromide-Mediated Reductive Coupling of α,α-Dichloroketones to 1-Aryl-butane-1,4-diones | year = 2004 | journal = Synlett | issue = 7 | pages = 1187–1190 | doi = 10.1055/s-2004-825591}} Oxidative addition reactions with for example alkyl halides to give alkyl indium halides{{cite journal | author = M. J. S. Gynane, L. G. Waterworth and I. J. Worrall | title = Oxidative addition reactions of group III metals in low oxidation states III. Reactions of indium monohalides with alkyl halides | year = 1972 | journal = Journal of Organometallic Chemistry | volume = 43 | issue = 2 | pages = 257–264 | doi = 10.1016/S0022-328X(00)81599-5}} and with NiBr complexes to give Ni-In bonds are known.{{cite journal | author = J. Weiss, T. Priermeier and R. A. Fischer | title = Reactions of Elemental Indium and Indium(I) Bromide with Nickel-Bromine Bonds: Structure of (η5-C5H5)(Ph3P)Ni-InBr2(O=PPh3) | year = 1996 | journal = Inorg. Chem. | volume = 35 | issue = 1 | pages = 71–75 | doi = 10.1021/ic950614i |pmid = 11666166}} It is unstable in water decomposing into indium metal and indium tribromide. When indium dibromide is dissolved in water, InBr is produced as a, presumably, insoluble red precipitate, that then rapidly decomposes.{{cite journal | author = R. Dronskowski | title = Ambient-Temperature Formation of Crystalline Indium Monohalides from Aqueous Media | year = 1994 | journal = Inorg. Chem. | volume = 33 | issue = 25 | pages = 5960–5963 | doi = 10.1021/ic00103a054}}