▁than ▁b rom ine ' s ▁( ox y gen , ▁nit ro gen , ▁flu or ine , ▁and ▁ch lor ine ), ▁so ▁that ▁the ▁result ant ▁binary ▁comp ounds ▁are ▁formally ▁not ▁b rom ides ▁but ▁rather ▁ox ides , ▁nit rides , ▁flu or ides , ▁or ▁ch lor ides ▁of ▁b rom ine . ▁( Non eth eless , ▁nit ro gen ▁trib rom ide ▁is ▁named ▁as ▁a ▁b rom ide ▁as ▁it ▁is ▁analog ous ▁to ▁the ▁other ▁nit ro gen ▁tri hal ides .) ▁ ▁B rom ination ▁of ▁met als ▁with ▁Br 2 ▁tends ▁to ▁yield ▁lower ▁ox id ation ▁states ▁than ▁ch lor ination ▁with ▁Cl 2 ▁when ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁ox id ation ▁states ▁is ▁available . ▁B rom ides ▁can ▁be ▁made ▁by ▁reaction ▁of ▁an ▁element ▁or ▁its ▁ox ide , ▁hydro x ide , ▁or ▁carbon ate ▁with ▁hydro b rom ic ▁acid , ▁and ▁then ▁de h yd r ated ▁by ▁m ild ly ▁high ▁temper atures ▁combined ▁with ▁either ▁low ▁pressure ▁or ▁an h yd r ous ▁hydro gen ▁b rom ide ▁gas . ▁These ▁methods ▁work ▁best ▁when ▁the ▁b rom ide ▁product ▁is ▁stable ▁to ▁hydro ly s is ; ▁otherwise , ▁the ▁possibilities ▁include ▁high - temper ature ▁ox id ative ▁b rom ination ▁of ▁the ▁element ▁with ▁b rom ine ▁or ▁hydro gen ▁b rom ide , ▁high - temper ature ▁b rom ination ▁of ▁a ▁metal ▁ox ide ▁or ▁other ▁hal ide