Osmium pentachloride

Osmium compounds: osmium pentachloride

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

Osmium pentachloride

• Formula as often written: OsCl₅
• Hill system formula: Cl₅Os₁
• CAS registry number: [71328-74-0]
• Formula weight: 367.493
• Class: chloride

Synonyms

• osmium pentachloride
• osmium(V) chloride
• osmium chloride

Physical properties

• Colour: black
• Appearance:
• Melting point: 160°C (decomposes)
• Boiling point:
• Density:

Suppliers

Coming soon...

Element analysis

Synthesis

Not available

Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the OsCl₅ unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: Os₁Cl₅

mass  %
359   0.0 
360   0.0 
361   1.7 _
362   1.6 _
363  16.3 ________
364  19.2 __________
365  50.6 _________________________
366  28.1 ______________
367 100.0 __________________________________________________
368  17.5 _________
369  99.6 __________________________________________________
370   5.5 ___
371  52.7 __________________________
372   0.9 
373  15.2 ________
374   0.1 
375   2.3 _
376   0.0 
377   0.1 

References

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

• R.T. Sanderson in Chemical Periodicity, Reinhold, New York, USA, 1960.
• N.N. Greenwood and A. Earnshaw in Chemistry of the Elements, 2nd edition, Butterworth, UK, 1997.
• F.A. Cotton, G. Wilkinson, C.A. Murillo, and M. Bochmann, in Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
• A.F. Trotman-Dickenson, (ed.) in Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry, Pergamon, Oxford, UK, 1973.
• R.W.G. Wyckoff, in Crystal Structures, volume 1, Interscience, John Wiley & Sons, 1963.
• A.R.West in Basic solid state chemistry Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
• A.F. Wells in Structural inorganic chemistry, 4th edition, Oxford, UK, 1975.
• J.D.H. Donnay, (ed.) in Crystal data determinative tables, ACA monograph number 5, American Crystallographic Association, USA, 1963.
• D.R. Lide, (ed.) in Chemical Rubber Company handbook of chemistry and physics, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 77th edition, 1996.
• J.W. Mellor in A comprehensive treatise on inorganic and theoretical chemistry, volumes 1-16, Longmans, London, UK, 1922-1937.
• J.E. Macintyre (ed.) in Dictionary of inorganic compounds, volumes 1-3, Chapman & Hall, London, UK, 1992.

WebElements Shop

WebElements now has an online shop at which you can buy periodic table posters, mugs, T-shirts, games, molecular models, and more.