Potassium hexachlororhenate

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Potassium hexachlororhenate
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Names
Other names
  • Potassium chlororhenite
  • Potassium hexachlororhenate(IV)
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
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EC Number
  • 241-008-6
PubChem CID
  • InChI=1S/6ClH.2K.Re/h6*1H;;;/q;;;;;;2*+1;+4/p-6
    Key: HGCRXIXEXSEJGV-UHFFFAOYSA-H
  • Cl[Re-2](Cl)(Cl)(Cl)(Cl)Cl.[K+].[K+]
Properties
K2ReCl6
Molar mass 477.12 g/mol
AppearanceLight green solid
Density 3.31 g/cm3
Soluble, slowly hydrolyses [1]
Solubility Soluble in hydrochloric acid
Structure [2]
cubic
Fm3m
a = 9.84 Å
α = 90°, β = 90°, γ = 90°
953 Å3
Thermochemistry
214.8 J/(K·mol) [3]
Std molar
entropy
(S298)
372.0 J/(K·mol) [3]
Hazards
GHS labelling:
GHS-pictogram-acid.svg
Danger
Safety data sheet (SDS) Sigma-Aldrich
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Potassium hexachlororhenate, also known as potassium chlororhenite, is an inorganic chemical compound with the formula K2ReCl6. It is a light-green crystalline solid soluble in hydrochloric acid.

Production and reactions

Potassium hexachlororhenate is most commonly prepared by the reduction of potassium perrhenate with potassium iodide, hypophosphorous acid, or chromium(II) chloride in the presence of hydrochloric acid. [4] [5] [6]

It reacts with silver nitrate to produce silver hexachlororhenate, which in turn decomposes at 400 °C to rhenium(III) chloride. [7]

In water, it hydrolyses to form rhenium(IV) oxide. [1]

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