Tungsten (V) chloride
Crystal structure | ||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
__ W 5+ __ Cl - | ||||||||||||||||
General | ||||||||||||||||
Surname | Tungsten (V) chloride | |||||||||||||||
other names |
Tungsten tachloride |
|||||||||||||||
Ratio formula | WCl 5 | |||||||||||||||
Brief description |
black solid |
|||||||||||||||
External identifiers / databases | ||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
properties | ||||||||||||||||
Molar mass | 361.11 g mol −1 | |||||||||||||||
Physical state |
firmly |
|||||||||||||||
density |
3.88 g cm −3 |
|||||||||||||||
Melting point |
253 ° C |
|||||||||||||||
boiling point |
286 ° C |
|||||||||||||||
solubility |
reacts with water |
|||||||||||||||
safety instructions | ||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
As far as possible and customary, SI units are used. Unless otherwise noted, the data given apply to standard conditions . |
Tungsten (V) chloride is an inorganic chemical compound of tungsten from the group of chlorides .
Extraction and presentation
Tungsten (V) chloride can be obtained by reacting tungsten (VI) chloride with hydrogen at 350–400 ° C or with tetrachloroethene at 100 ° C under light.
properties
Tungsten (V) chloride is a black paramagnetic solid that is extremely hygroscopic . It decomposes instantly in water and is somewhat soluble in dry carbon disulfide . The dimeric compound has a crystal structure isotypic to that of molybdenum (V) chloride .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Georg Brauer (Ed.) U. a .: Handbook of Preparative Inorganic Chemistry. 3rd, revised edition. Volume III, Ferdinand Enke, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-432-87823-0 , p. 1556.
- ↑ a b c d W. M. Haynes (Ed.): CRC handbook of chemistry and physics. A ready-reference book of chemical and physical data . founded by David R. Lide. 93rd edition. CRC Press, Boca Raton 2012, ISBN 978-1-4398-8049-4 , pp. 4–97 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search).
- ↑ This substance has either not yet been classified with regard to its hazardousness or a reliable and citable source has not yet been found.
- ↑ Erwin Riedel, Christoph Janiak: Inorganic Chemistry . Walter de Gruyter, 2011, ISBN 3-11-022567-0 , p. 825 ( limited preview in Google Book search).