Neptunium(III) bromide

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|CrystalStruct=α-NpBr3: hexagonal

β-NpBr3: orthorhombic

| SpaceGroup= α-NpBr3: P63/m (No. 176)

β-NpBr3: Ccmm (No. 63)

| LattConst_a=791.7 pm (α), 411 pm (β)

|LattConst_c=438.2 pm (α), 915 pm (β)

|LattConst_b=791.7 pm (α), 1265 pm (β)

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|Section1={{Chembox Identifiers

| CASNo=20730-39-6

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| StdInChI=1S/3BrH.Np/h3*1H;/q;;;+3/p-3

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|SMILES=[Np+3].[Br-].[Br-].[Br-]

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|Section2={{Chembox Properties

| Appearance= green solid{{Holleman&Wiberg| page=1969 }}

|Np=1|Br=3

| Density= 6.62 g·cm−3Gmelins Handbuch der anorganischen Chemie, System No. 71, Transurane, Teil C, S. 148–150.

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|Section8={{Chembox Related

| OtherCompounds=neptunium(IV) bromide

| OtherCations=uranium(III) bromide
plutonium(III) bromide

| OtherAnions=neptunium(III) fluoride
neptunium(III) chloride
neptunium(III) iodide

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Neptunium(III) bromide is a bromide of neptunium, with the chemical formula of NpBr3.

Preparation

Neptunium(III) bromide can be prepared by reacting neptunium dioxide and aluminium bromide:Georg Brauer (Hrsg.), unter Mitarbeit von Marianne Baudler u. a.: Handbuch der Präparativen Anorganischen Chemie. 3., umgearbeitete Auflage. Band II, Ferdinand Enke, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-432-87813-3, S. 1268.

:{{chem2|6 NpO2 + 8 AlBr3 -> 6 NpBr3 + 4 Al2O3 + 3 Br2}}

Properties

Neptunium(III) bromide is a green solid. It can crystallize in two crystal systems:

  • α-NpBr3 is hexagonal with lattice parameters a = 791.7 pm and c = 438.2 pm. It has the same structure as uranium trichloride.
  • β-NpBr3 is orthorhombic with lattice parameters a = 411 pm, b = 1265 pm and c = 915 pm. It has the same structure as the bromides from plutonium to californium.

Neptunium(III) bromide also has a green hexahydrate, which is monoclinic.

= Reactions =

At 425 °C, neptunium(III) bromide bromide can be further brominated by bromine to form neptunium(IV) bromide.

:{{chem2|2 NpBr3 + Br2 -> 2 NpBr4}}

References

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External reading

  • {{Citation |last1=Yoshida |first1=Zenko |title=Neptunium |date=2006 |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/1-4020-3598-5_6 |work=The Chemistry of the Actinide and Transactinide Elements |pages=699–812 |editor-last=Morss |editor-first=Lester R. |access-date=2023-12-23 |place=Dordrecht |publisher=Springer Netherlands |language=en |doi=10.1007/1-4020-3598-5_6 |isbn=978-1-4020-3555-5 |last2=Johnson |first2=Stephen G. |last3=Kimura |first3=Takaumi |last4=Krsul |first4=John R. |editor2-last=Edelstein |editor2-first=Norman M. |editor3-last=Fuger |editor3-first=Jean|url-access=subscription }}
  • {{Citation |last=Keller |first=C. |title=Die Chemie des Neptuniums |date=1969 |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/BFb0051170 |work=Anorganische Chemie |series=Fortschritte der Chemischen Forschung |volume=13/1 |pages=1–124 |access-date=2023-12-23 |place=Berlin/Heidelberg |publisher=Springer-Verlag |language=de |doi=10.1007/bfb0051170 |isbn=978-3-540-04488-8|url-access=subscription }}

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