Tetrabutylammonium tribromide

Tetrabutylammonium tribromide is a pale orange solid with the formula Br3. It is a salt of the lipophilic tetrabutylammonium cation and the linear tribromide anion. The salt is sometimes used as a reagent used in organic synthesis as a conveniently weighable, solid source of bromine. Tetrabutylammonium tribromide is a pale orange solid with the formula Br3. It is a salt of the lipophilic tetrabutylammonium cation and the linear tribromide anion. The salt is sometimes used as a reagent used in organic synthesis as a conveniently weighable, solid source of bromine. The compound is prepared by treatment of solid tetra-n-butylammonium bromide with bromine vapor: