Phosphorus heptabromide is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula PBr7.
At normal conditions, it forms red prismatic crystals.
PBr7 can be prepared by the sublimation of a mixture of phosphorus pentabromide and bromine.
[2] The structure of PBr7 consists of a tetrabromophosphonium cation [PBr4]+, paired with a tribromide anion [Br3]−, and the tribromide anion is non-symmetric.
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