Platinum(IV) Bromide
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Platinum(IV) bromide is the
inorganic compound An inorganic compound is typically a chemical compound that lacks carbon–hydrogen bonds⁠that is, a compound that is not an organic compound. The study of inorganic compounds is a subfield of chemistry known as ''inorganic chemistry''. Inorgan ...
with the
formula In science, a formula is a concise way of expressing information symbolically, as in a mathematical formula or a ''chemical formula''. The informal use of the term ''formula'' in science refers to the general construct of a relationship betwe ...
PtBr4. It is a brown solid. It is a little-used compound mainly of interest for academic research. It is a component of a reagent used in
qualitative inorganic analysis Classical qualitative inorganic analysis is a method of analytical chemistry which seeks to find the elemental composition of inorganic compounds. It is mainly focused on detecting ions in an aqueous solution, therefore materials in other forms m ...
. In terms of structure, the compound is an inorganic polymer consisting of interconnected PtBr6 octahedra.


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