| Names | |
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| Other names  tripercloratooxovanadium  | |
| Identifiers | |
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| Properties | |
| VO(ClO4)3 | |
| Molar mass | 356.29 g/mol | 
| Appearance | golden yellow liquid or crystals. | 
| Melting point | 21-22 °C | 
| Boiling point | 33.5 °C in vacuum | 
| Hazards | |
| Occupational safety and health (OHS/OSH): | |
Main hazards  | oxidant | 
| Related compounds | |
Related compounds  | niobium perchlorate, vanadyl nitrate, chromyl perchlorate | 
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).  | |
Vanadyl perchlorate or vanadyl triperchlorate is a golden yellow coloured liquid or crystalline compound of vanadium, oxygen and perchlorate group. The substance consists of molecules covalently bound and is quite volatile; it ignites organic solvents on contact and explodes at temperatures above 80 °C. [1]
Vanadyl perchlorate can be made by reacting vanadium pentoxide with dichlorine heptoxide at 5 °C. It is purified by distillation under a vacuum and recrystallisation at 21 °C. [1]
A solution of vanadium(V) perchlorate can be made by dissolving vanadium pentoxide in perchloric acid. [2]
The reaction of vanadium pentoxide and dichlorine hexoxide could produce VO(ClO4)3: [3]
It can react with vanadium oxychloride to form another vanadyl perchlorate (VO2ClO4): [3]
Other perchlorates include pervanadyl perchlorate, also known as dioxovanadium perchlorate, which contains VO2+ ions, [4] vanadyl diperchlorate, oxovanadium perchlorate or vanadium(IV) perchlorate, and VO(ClO4)2, which dissolves in water. [5] [6] Vanadic perchlorate, also known as vanadium(III) perchlorate solution in water, is a green-tinged blue colour, significantly different to most other V(III) solutions, which are complexed. [7]