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Rhenium compounds: trirhenium nonachloride

The rhenium in trirhenium nonachloride formally is in the oxidation state 3.

Trirhenium nonachloride

Formula as often written: [ReCl₃]₃
Hill system formula: Cl₉Re₃
CAS registry number: [13569-63-6]
Formula weight: 877.695
Class: chloride

Synonyms

trirhenium nonachloride
rhenium(III) chloride
rhenium chloride
rhenium trichloride

Physical properties

Colour: dark red
Appearance: crystalline solid
Melting point: 500°C (decomposes)
Boiling point: 500°C
Density: 4800 kg m^-3

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Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in trirhenium nonachloride
Element	%
Cl	36.35
Re	63.65

Synthesis

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Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the [ReCl₃]₃ unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: Re₃Cl₉

mass  %
870   1.7 _
871   0.0 
872  13.3 _______
873   0.0 
874  44.6 ______________________
875   0.0 
876  84.1 __________________________________________
877   0.0 
878 100.0 __________________________________________________
879   0.0 
880  79.6 ________________________________________
881   0.0 
882  43.9 ______________________
883   0.0 
884  17.1 _________
885   0.0 
886   4.7 __
887   0.0 
888   0.9 
889   0.0 
890   0.1 
891   0.0 
892   0.0

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.
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.
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