Chemistry:Tellurium dichloride

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Tellurium dichloride
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Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
UNII
Properties
Cl2Te
Molar mass 198.50 g·mol−1
Appearance black solid[1]
Density 6.9 g·cm−3[1]
Melting point 208 °C[1]
Boiling point 328 °C[1]
reacts[1]
Solubility reacts with diethyl ether, insoluble in tetrachloromethane[1]
Related compounds
Other anions
Ditellurium bromide, Te
2
Br
Other cations
Dichlorine monoxide, OCl
2

Sulfur dichloride, SCl
2

Selenium dichloride, SeCl
2

Polonium dichloride, PoCl
2
Related compounds
Tritellurium dichloride, Te
3
Cl
2

Tellurium tetrachloride, TeCl
4
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Infobox references

Tellurium dichloride is a chloride of tellurium with the chemical formula TeCl2.

Preparation

Tellurium dichloride can be produced by reacting tellurium with difluorodichloromethane.[2][3]

It can also be produced by the comproportionation of tellurium and tellurium tetrachloride.[4]

Properties

Tellurium dichloride is a black solid that reacts with water. It will melt into a black liquid and vapourize into a purple gas.[1][5] The gas consists of monomeric TeCl2 molecules with Te–Cl bond lengths of 2.329 Å and a Cl–Te–Cl bond angle of 97.0°.[5]

Reactions

Tellurium dichloride reacts with barium chloride in water to form barium tellurite.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Perry, Dale (2011). Handbook of Inorganic Compounds. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4398-1462-8. OCLC 759865801. 
  2. Gmelin, Leopold (1976) (in en, de). Tellurium. Springer-Verlag. OCLC 77834357. 
  3. Aynsley, E. E. (1953). "598. The preparation and properties of tellurium dichloride". Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed) (Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)): 3016. doi:10.1039/jr9530003016. ISSN 0368-1769. 
  4. Haaland, Arne (2008). Molecules and models : the molecular structures of main group element compounds. Oxford New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-152860-6. OCLC 226969121. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Fernholt, Liv; Haaland, Arne; Volden, Hans V.; Kniep, Rüdiger (1985). "The molecular structure of tellurium dichloride, TeCl2, determined by gas electron diffraction". Journal of Molecular Structure (Elsevier BV) 128 (1-3): 29–31. doi:10.1016/0022-2860(85)85037-7. ISSN 0022-2860.