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The interhalogen compound BrF3 is a volatile, straw-colored liquid. The compound exhibits appreciable electrical conductivity
because of autoionization (“solv” refers to BrF3 as the solvent):
2 BrF3(l) ⇌ BrF2+(solv) + BrF4- (solv)
(a) What are the molecular structures of the BrF2+ and BrF4- ions?
(b) The electrical conductivity of BrF3 decreases with increasing temperature. Is the autoionization process exothermic or endothermic?
(c) One chemical characteristic of BrF3 is that it acts as a Lewis acid toward fluoride ions. What do we expect will happen when
KBr is dissolved in BrF3?

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