▁ 8 0 Br ▁may ▁decay ▁by ▁either ▁mode ▁to ▁stable ▁ 8 0 Se ▁or ▁ 8 0 K r . ▁ ▁Chem istry ▁and ▁comp ounds ▁ ▁B rom ine ▁is ▁intermediate ▁in ▁react ivity ▁between ▁ch lor ine ▁and ▁i od ine , ▁and ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁re active ▁elements . ▁Bond ▁energ ies ▁to ▁b rom ine ▁tend ▁to ▁be ▁lower ▁than ▁those ▁to ▁ch lor ine ▁but ▁higher ▁than ▁those ▁to ▁i od ine , ▁and ▁b rom ine ▁is ▁a ▁we aker ▁ox id ising ▁agent ▁than ▁ch lor ine ▁but ▁a ▁stronger ▁one ▁than ▁i od ine . ▁This ▁can ▁be ▁seen ▁from ▁the ▁standard ▁electro de ▁potential s ▁of ▁the ▁X 2 / X − ▁cou ples ▁( F , ▁+ 2 . 8 6 6   V ; ▁Cl , ▁+ 1 . 3 9 5   V ; ▁Br , ▁+ 1 . 0 8 7   V ; ▁I , ▁+ 0 . 6 1 5   V ; ▁At , ▁approximately ▁+ 0 . 3   V ). ▁B rom ination ▁often ▁leads ▁to ▁higher ▁ox id ation ▁states ▁than ▁i od ination ▁but ▁lower ▁or ▁equal ▁ox id ation ▁states ▁to ▁ch lor ination . ▁B rom ine ▁tends ▁to ▁react ▁with ▁comp ounds ▁including ▁M – M , ▁M – H , ▁or ▁M – C ▁b onds ▁to ▁form ▁M – Br ▁b onds . ▁ ▁H ydro gen ▁b rom ide ▁The ▁simplest ▁comp ound