Potassium hexabromorhenate is an inorganic chemical compound with the chemical formula K2ReBr6.
[1][2] Fusion of rhenium with potassium bromide in a bromine vapor current: The effect of hydrobromic acid on a mixture of potassium bromide with rhenium(VI) oxide:[3] Reduction of potassium perrenate by potassium iodide in concentrated hydrobromic acid:[3] Potassium hexabromorhenate dissolves in hydrobromic acid to create a red or deep yellow solution.
[4] Reacts with water.
The compound forms dark red crystals of cubic system, space group Fm3m.
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