Vanadium oxydichloride

Vanadium oxydichloride is the inorganic compound with the formula VOCl2. One of several oxychlorides of vanadium, it is a hygroscopic green solid. It is prepared by comproportionation of vanadium trichloride and vanadium(V) oxides:[1]

Vanadium oxydichloride
Names
Other names
Vanadyl dichloride
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
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EC Number
  • 233-517-7
UNII
  • InChI=1S/2ClH.O.V/h2*1H;;/q;;-2;+4/p-2
    Key: DBTDJKFFLFILHF-UHFFFAOYSA-L
  • [O-2].[Cl-].[Cl-].[V+4]
Properties
Cl2OV
Molar mass 137.84 g·mol−1
Appearance Green solid
Density 2.88 g/cm3
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
V2O5 + VOCl3 + 3 VCl3 → 6 VOCl2

As verified by X-ray crystallography, vanadium oxydichloride adopts a layered structure, featuring octahedral vanadium centers linked by doubly bridging oxide and chloride ligands.[2]

From VOCl2, various blue or green-colored oxotri- and oxotetrachloride salts can be prepared. Examples include N(CH3)4VOCl3 and the pyridinium derivative (C5H5NH)2VOCl4.[3]

References

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  1. ^ G. Brauer (1963). "Vanadium Oxydichloride". In G. Brauer (ed.). Handbook of Preparative Inorganic Chemistry, 2nd Ed. NY: Academic Press. p. 1263.
  2. ^ Seifert, H. J.; Uebach, J. (1981). "Beitrage zur Chemie und Struktur von Vanadylhalogeniden". Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie. 479 (8): 32–40. doi:10.1002/zaac.19814790804.
  3. ^ Kilty, P. A.; Nicholls, D. (1966). "The preparation and spectral properties of complex oxochlorovanadates(IV)". Journal of the Chemical Society A: Inorganic, Physical, Theoretical: 1175. doi:10.1039/J19660001175.