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Tellurium compounds: tellurium tetrabromide tetramer

The tellurium in tellurium tetrabromide tetramer formally is in the oxidation state 4.

Tellurium tetrabromide tetramer

Formula as often written: [TeBr₄]₄
Hill system formula: Br₁₆Te₄
CAS registry number: [10031-27-3]
Formula weight: 1788.864
Class: bromide

Synonyms

tellurium tetrabromide tetramer
tellurium(IV) bromide
tellurium bromide
tetratellurium hexadecabromide

Physical properties

Colour: yellow
Appearance: crystalline solid
Melting point: 388°C (under Br₂)
Boiling point: 414°C
Density: 4300 kg m^-3

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Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in tellurium tetrabromide tetramer
Element	%
Br	71.47
Te	28.53

Synthesis

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Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the [TeBr₄]₄ unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: Te₄Br₁₆

mass  %
1756   0.0 
1757   0.0 
1758   0.0 
1759   0.0 
1760   0.0 
1761   0.0 
1762   0.0 
1763   0.0 
1764   0.0 
1765   0.0 
1766   0.0 
1767   0.0 
1768   0.1 
1769   0.1 
1770   0.3 
1771   0.3 
1772   0.7 
1773   0.9 
1774   1.9 _
1775   2.1 _
1776   4.3 __
1777   4.4 __
1778   8.8 ____
1779   8.4 ____
1780  16.7 ________
1781  14.2 _______
1782  28.6 ______________
1783  21.5 ___________
1784  44.7 ______________________
1785  29.1 _______________
1786  63.6 ________________________________
1787  34.7 _________________
1788  82.0 _________________________________________
1789  36.5 __________________
1790  95.6 ________________________________________________
1791  33.5 _________________
1792 100.0 __________________________________________________
1793  26.6 _____________
1794  93.2 _______________________________________________
1795  18.0 _________
1796  76.6 ______________________________________
1797  10.3 _____
1798  55.1 ____________________________
1799   4.9 __
1800  34.2 _________________
1801   1.9 _
1802  18.1 _________
1803   0.6 
1804   8.0 ____
1805   0.1 
1806   2.9 _
1807   0.0 
1808   0.9 
1809   0.0 
1810   0.2 
1811   0.0 
1812   0.0

References

The data on these compounds pages are assembled and adapted from the primary literature and several other sources including the following.

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