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Arsenic compounds: arsenic pentachloride

The arsenic in arsenic pentachloride formally is in the oxidation state 5.

Arsenic pentachloride

Formula as often written: AsCl₅
Hill system formula: As₁Cl₅
CAS registry number: [22441-45-8]
Formula weight: 252.185
Class: chloride

Synonyms

arsenic pentachloride
arsenic(V) chloride
arsenic chloride

Physical properties

Colour:
Appearance: stable only at low temperatures
Melting point: -50°C (decomposes)
Boiling point:
Density:

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Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in arsenic pentachloride
Element	%
As	29.71
Cl	70.29

Synthesis

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Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the AsCl₅ unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: As₁Cl₅

mass  %
250  62.5 _______________________________
251   0.0 
252 100.0 __________________________________________________
253   0.0 
254  64.0 ________________________________
255   0.0 
256  20.4 __________
257   0.0 
258   3.3 __
259   0.0 
260   0.2

References

The data on these compounds pages are assembled and adapted from the primary literature and several other sources including the following.

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R.W.G. Wyckoff, in Crystal Structures, volume 1, Interscience, John Wiley & Sons, 1963.
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A.F. Wells in Structural inorganic chemistry, 4th edition, Oxford, UK, 1975.
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