Potassium hexabromorhenate

Potassium hexabromorhenate is an inorganic chemical compound with the chemical formula .

Synthesis

Fusion of rhenium with potassium bromide in a bromine vapor current:

The effect of hydrobromic acid on a mixture of potassium bromide with rhenium(IV) oxide:

Reduction of potassium perrenate by potassium iodide in concentrated hydrobromic acid:

Chemical properties

Potassium hexabromorhenate dissolves in hydrobromic acid to create a red or deep yellow solution.

Reacts with water.

Physical properties

The compound forms dark red crystals of cubic system, space group Fm3m.

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