Tellurium dichloride

Summary

Tellurium dichloride is a chloride of tellurium with the chemical formula TeCl2.

Tellurium dichloride
Identifiers
  • 10025-71-5 checkY
3D model (JSmol)
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ChemSpider
  • 2588376
  • 3341691
UNII
  • 0T7J7SHH1H
  • DTXSID60143068 Edit this at Wikidata
  • InChI=1S/Cl2Te/c1-3-2
    Key: VXLPBEHPTWIBJR-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • Cl[Te]Cl
Properties
Cl2Te
Molar mass 198.50 g·mol−1
Appearance black solid[1]
Density 6.9 g·cm−3[1]
Melting point 208 °C[1]
Boiling point 328 °C[1]
reacts[1]
Solubility reacts with diethyl ether, insoluble in tetrachloromethane[1]
Related compounds
Other anions
Ditellurium bromide, Te2Br
Other cations
Dichlorine monoxide, OCl2
Sulfur dichloride, SCl2
Selenium dichloride, SeCl2
Polonium dichloride, PoCl2
Related compounds
Tritellurium dichloride, Te3Cl2
Tellurium tetrachloride, TeCl4
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Infobox references

Preparation edit

Tellurium dichloride can be produced by reacting tellurium with difluorodichloromethane.[2][3]

It can also be produced by the comproportionation of tellurium and tellurium tetrachloride.[4]

Properties edit

Tellurium dichloride is a black solid that reacts with water. It will melt into a black liquid and vapourize into a purple gas.[1][5] The gas consists of monomeric TeCl2 molecules with Te–Cl bond lengths of 2.329 Å and a Cl–Te–Cl bond angle of 97.0°.[5]

Reactions edit

Tellurium dichloride reacts with barium chloride in water to form barium tellurite.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Perry, Dale (2011). Handbook of Inorganic Compounds. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4398-1462-8. OCLC 759865801.
  2. ^ Gmelin, Leopold (1976). Tellurium (in English and German). Springer-Verlag. OCLC 77834357.
  3. ^ Aynsley, E. E. (1953). "598. The preparation and properties of tellurium dichloride". Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed). Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC): 3016. doi:10.1039/jr9530003016. ISSN 0368-1769.
  4. ^ Haaland, Arne (2008). Molecules and models : the molecular structures of main group element compounds. Oxford New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-152860-6. OCLC 226969121.
  5. ^ a b Fernholt, Liv; Haaland, Arne; Volden, Hans V.; Kniep, Rüdiger (1985). "The molecular structure of tellurium dichloride, TeCl2, determined by gas electron diffraction". Journal of Molecular Structure. 128 (1–3). Elsevier BV: 29–31. Bibcode:1985JMoSt.128...29F. doi:10.1016/0022-2860(85)85037-7. ISSN 0022-2860.