Mercury(II) bromide

• Formula: Br₂Hg
• Molecular weight: 360.40
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/2BrH.Hg/h2*1H;/q;;+2/p-2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: NGYIMTKLQULBOO-UHFFFAOYSA-L Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 7789-47-1
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: HgBr2; Mercury(2)bromide; Mercuric bromide; Mercury bromide; Mercury bromide (HgBr2); Mercury(ii) bromide (1:2); UN 1634; Mercury dibromide
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• Information on this page:
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  • Reaction thermochemistry data
  • References
  • Notes
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Gas Phase Heat Capacity (Shomate Equation)

C_p° = A + B*t + C*t² + D*t³ + E/t²
H° − H°_298.15= A*t + B*t²/2 + C*t³/3 + D*t⁴/4 − E/t + F − H
S° = A*ln(t) + B*t + C*t²/2 + D*t³/3 − E/(2*t²) + G
    C_p = heat capacity (J/mol*K)
    H° = standard enthalpy (kJ/mol)
    S° = standard entropy (J/mol*K)
    t = temperature (K) / 1000.

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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Liquid Phase Heat Capacity (Shomate Equation)

C_p° = A + B*t + C*t² + D*t³ + E/t²
H° − H°_298.15= A*t + B*t²/2 + C*t³/3 + D*t⁴/4 − E/t + F − H
S° = A*ln(t) + B*t + C*t²/2 + D*t³/3 − E/(2*t²) + G
    C_p = heat capacity (J/mol*K)
    H° = standard enthalpy (kJ/mol)
    S° = standard entropy (J/mol*K)
    t = temperature (K) / 1000.

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Solid Phase Heat Capacity (Shomate Equation)

C_p° = A + B*t + C*t² + D*t³ + E/t²
H° − H°_298.15= A*t + B*t²/2 + C*t³/3 + D*t⁴/4 − E/t + F − H
S° = A*ln(t) + B*t + C*t²/2 + D*t³/3 − E/(2*t²) + G
    C_p = heat capacity (J/mol*K)
    H° = standard enthalpy (kJ/mol)
    S° = standard entropy (J/mol*K)
    t = temperature (K) / 1000.

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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
MS - José A. Martinho Simões
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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Individual Reactions

 (l) + 2 (l) = 2 (g) +  (cr)

By formula: C₂H₆Hg (l) + 2Br₂ (l) = 2CH₃Br (g) + Br₂Hg (cr)

C₆H₁₄Hg (l) +  (cr) = 2C₃H₇BrHg (cr)

By formula: C₆H₁₄Hg (l) + Br₂Hg (cr) = 2C₃H₇BrHg (cr)

 (l) +  (cr) = 2 (cr)

By formula: C₂H₆Hg (l) + Br₂Hg (cr) = 2CH₃BrHg (cr)

C₆H₁₄Hg (l) +  (cr) = 2C₃H₇BrHg (cr)

By formula: C₆H₁₄Hg (l) + Br₂Hg (cr) = 2C₃H₇BrHg (cr)

 (l) +  (cr) = 2C₆H₅BrHg (cr)

By formula: C₁₂H₁₀Hg (l) + Br₂Hg (cr) = 2C₆H₅BrHg (cr)

 (l) +  (cr) = 2C₂H₅BrHg (cr)

By formula: C₄H₁₀Hg (l) + Br₂Hg (cr) = 2C₂H₅BrHg (cr)

2 +  =  + 2

By formula: 2C₆H₅Br + Br₂Hg = C₁₂H₁₀Hg + 2Br₂

References

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Chase, 1998
Chase, M.W., Jr., NIST-JANAF Themochemical Tables, Fourth Edition, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, Monograph 9, 1998, 1-1951. [all data]

Hartley, Pritchard, et al., 1950
Hartley, K.; Pritchard, H.O.; Skinner, H.A., Thermochemistry of metallic alkyls. III.?mercury dimethyl and mercury methyl halides, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1950, 46, 1019, https://doi.org/10.1039/tf9504601019 . [all data]

Pedley and Rylance, 1977
Pedley, J.B.; Rylance, J., Computer Analysed Thermochemical Data: Organic and Organometallic Compounds, University of Sussex, Brigton, 1977. [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds in Academic Press, New York, 1970. [all data]

Mortimer, Pritchard, et al., 1952
Mortimer, C.T.; Pritchard, H.O.; Skinner, H.A., Thermochemistry of metallic alkyls. Part V.?Mercury di-propyl and mercury di-isopropyl, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1952, 48, 220, https://doi.org/10.1039/tf9524800220 . [all data]

Hartley, Pritchard, et al., 1951
Hartley, K.; Pritchard, H.O.; Skinner, H.A., Thermochemistry of metallic alkyls. IV. Mercury diethyl and mercury diphenyl, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1951, 47, 254, https://doi.org/10.1039/tf9514700254 . [all data]

Chernick, Skinner, et al., 1956
Chernick, C.L.; Skinner, H.A.; Wadso, I., Thermochemistry of metallic alkyls. Part 7.-The heat of formation of mercury diphenyl, and of mercury phenyl chloride, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1956, 52, 1088-1093. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  S°gas,1 bar	Entropy of gas at standard conditions (1 bar)
  S°liquid,1 bar	Entropy of liquid at standard conditions (1 bar)
  S°solid	Entropy of solid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°solid	Enthalpy of formation of solid at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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