Technetium trichloride

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Technetium trichloride
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Technetium(III) chloride
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Properties
Cl3Tc
Molar mass 204 g·mol−1
Appearanceblack solid
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Technetium trichloride is an inorganic compound of technetium and chlorine with the formula TcCl3.

Preparation and properties

Two polymorphs of technetium trichloride are known. The α-polymorph is prepared as a black solid from ditechnetium(III) tetraacetate dichloride and hydrogen chloride at 300 °C. It has a bioctahedral structure, consisting of triangular Tc3Cl9 units with C3v symmetry, with each Tc atom coordinated to two Tc neighbors and five chloride ligands (Tc-Tc bond length 2.44 angstrom). The Tc-Tc distances are indicative of double bonded Tc atoms. Tc3Cl9 is isostructural to its rhenium homologue, trirhenium nonachloride. [1]

β-TcCl3 is obtained by the reaction between technetium metal and chlorine gas. Its structure consists of infinite layers of edge-sharing octahedra, similar to MoCl3 and ReCl3, with distances that also indicate metal-metal bonding. It is less stable than α-TcCl3 and slowly transforms into it. [1]

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Manganese(IV) oxide is the inorganic compound with the formula MnO
2
. This blackish or brown solid occurs naturally as the mineral pyrolusite, which is the main ore of manganese and a component of manganese nodules. The principal use for MnO
2
is for dry-cell batteries, such as the alkaline battery and the zinc-carbon battery. MnO
2
is also used as a pigment and as a precursor to other manganese compounds, such as KMnO
4
. It is used as a reagent in organic synthesis, for example, for the oxidation of allylic alcohols. MnO
2
is α polymorph that can incorporate a variety of atoms in the "tunnels" or "channels" between the manganese oxide octahedra. There is considerable interest in α-MnO
2
as a possible cathode for lithium ion batteries.

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Palladium(II) chloride

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Quadruple bond

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Antimony trichloride

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Platinum(II) chloride

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Technetium(IV) chloride

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Rhenium(IV) chloride

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Cobalt(III) chloride or cobaltic chloride is an unstable and elusive compound of cobalt and chlorine with formula CoCl
3
. In this compound, the cobalt atoms have a formal charge of +3.

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References

  1. 1 2 Poineau, Frederic; Johnstone, Erik V.; Weck, Philippe F.; Kim, Eunja; Forster, Paul M.; Scott, Brian L.; Sattelberger, Alfred P.; Czerwinski, Kenneth R. (2010). "Synthesis and Structure of Technetium Trichloride". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 132 (45): 15864–5. doi:10.1021/ar400225b. PMID   24393028.