Indium(II) chloride

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Indium(II) chloride
Names
Other names
Indium dichloride, dichloroindium
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
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EC Number
  • 627-209-5
PubChem CID
  • InChI=1S/2ClH.In/h2*1H;/q;;+2/p-2
    Key: VOWMQUBVXQZOCU-UHFFFAOYSA-L
  • Cl[In]Cl
  • [In+].[In+3].[Cl-].[Cl-].[Cl-].[Cl-]
Properties
Cl2In
Molar mass 185.72 g·mol−1
Related compounds
Related compounds
Tin(II) chloride, Indium(III) chloride
Hazards
GHS labelling:
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Warning
H315, H319, H335
P261, P264, P271, P280, P302, P305, P338, P351, P352
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Indium(II) chloride is an hypothetical inorganic compound with the formula InCl2. Its existence have been disproved and the substance claimed to be indium(II) chloride is a mixture of various indium subchlorides.

History

Indium(II) chloride was first reported to be produced in 1888 by Lars Fredrik Nilson who claimed to have produced indium(II) chloride from the reaction of indium metal and hydrogen chloride gas at 200 °C. [1] However, this has been called into doubt as characterization by X-ray diffraction and NMR failed.

In 1983, an investigation found that the solid claimed to be indium(II) chloride is actually a 5:1 mixture of In5Cl9, alternatively formulated In3[In2Cl9], and InCl3. [2]

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References

  1. Lars Fredrik Nilson; Sven Otto Pettersson (1888). "Über zwei neue Indiumchloride und über die Dampfdichte der Chloride von Indium, Gallium, Eisen und Chrom". Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie (in German). 2 (1): 657–675. doi:10.1515/zpch-1888-0278.
  2. Gerd Meyer; Roger Blachnik (1983). "Neue Untersuchungen an gemischtvalenten Indium(I, III)- chloriden: Das Phasendiagramm In/Cl im Bereich 30–50 mol-% In und die Kristallstruktur von In5Cl9". Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie (in German). 503 (8): 126–132. doi:10.1002/zaac.19835030813.