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Tellurium tetrabromide

Tellurium tetrabromide (TeBr<sub>4</sub>) is an inorganic chemical compound. It has a similar tetrameric structure to TeCl<sub>4</sub>. It can be made by reacting bromine and tellurium. In the vapour TeBr<sub>4</sub> dissociates:

TeBr<sub>4</sub> → TeBr<sub>2</sub> + Br<sub>2</sub>

It is a conductor when molten, dissociating into the ions TeBr<sub>3</sub><sup>+</sup> and Br<sup>&minus;</sup>. When dissolved in benzene and toluene, TeBr<sub>4</sub> is present as the unionized tetramer Te<sub>4</sub>Br<sub>16</sub>. In solvents with donor properties such as acetonitrile, CH<sub>3</sub>CN ionic complexes are formed which make the solution conducting:

TeBr<sub>4</sub> + 2CH<sub>3</sub>CN → (CH<sub>3</sub>CN)<sub>2</sub>TeBr<sub>3</sub><sup>+</sup> + Br<sup>&minus;</sup>

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