Rhenium(VI) chloride is the
inorganic compound
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with the formula ReCl
6. It is a black paramagnetic solid. The molecules adopt an octahedral structure as seen in tungsten(VI) chloride.
Preparation and reactions
Rhenium(VI) chloride was first generated as a mixture by chlorination of Re films. Bulk samples can be prepared by combining
rhenium hexafluoride
Rhenium hexafluoride, also rhenium(VI) fluoride, (ReF6) is a compound of rhenium and fluorine and one of the seventeen known binary hexafluorides.
Synthesis
Rhenium hexafluoride is made by combining rhenium heptafluoride with additional rheni ...
with excess
boron trichloride:
:2 ReF
6 + 6 BCl
3 → ReCl
6 + 6 BF
2Cl
It is unstable at room temperature with respect to
rhenium(V) chloride
Rhenium pentachloride is an inorganic compound of chlorine and rhenium. The compound has the formula Re2Cl10 but it is usually referred to as rhenium pentachloride. It is a red-brown solid.
Structure and preparation
Rhenium pentachloride has a ...
:
:2 ReCl
6 →
eCl5sub>2 + Cl
2
References
[{{cite journal , doi=10.1038/194374a0, title=Rhenium Hexachloride, year=1962, last1=Colton, first1=R., journal=Nature, volume=194, issue=4826, pages=374–375, bibcode=1962Natur.194..374C, s2cid=4166446]
Rhenium compounds
Chlorides
Metal halides