Tungsten(VI) oxytetrabromide is the
inorganic compound with the formula
W O Br4. This a red-brown, hygroscopic solid sublimes at elevated temperatures. It forms
adduct
An adduct (from the Latin ''adductus'', "drawn toward" alternatively, a contraction of "addition product") is a product of a direct addition of two or more distinct molecules, resulting in a single reaction product containing all atoms of all co ...
s with
Lewis bases. The solid consists of weakly associated square pyramidal monomers.
The related
tungsten(VI) oxytetrachloride has been more heavily studied. The compound is usually classified as an
oxyhalide
In chemistry, molecular oxohalides (oxyhalides) are a group of chemical compounds in which both oxygen and halogen atoms are attached to another chemical element A in a single molecule. They have the general formula , where X = fluorine (F), chlor ...
.
References
Tungsten compounds
Oxobromides
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