Rhenium(III)chloride

Base Information

• Chemical Name: Rhenium(III)chloride
• CAS No.: 13569-63-6
• Molecular Formula: Cl3Re
• Molecular Weight: 292.566
• DSSTox Substance ID: DTXSID8065537
• Nikkaji Number: J241.195D
• Mol file: 13569-63-6.mol

Synonyms:Rhenium(III)chloride;DTXSID8065537;NS00086483

Chemical Property of Rhenium(III)chloride

Chemical Property:

• Appearance/Colour: red, crystalline, nonvolatile solid
• Melting Point: decomposes at 500℃ [LID94]
• Boiling Point: 500 °C (decomposes)
• Flash Point: °C
• PSA: 0.00000
• Density: 4800 kg/m³
• LogP: 2.06850
• Sensitive.: Moisture Sensitive
• Solubility.: H2O: slightly soluble(lit.)
• Water Solubility.: Soluble in water.
• Hydrogen Bond Donor Count: 0
• Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count: 3
• Rotatable Bond Count: 0
• Exact Mass: 291.862310
• Heavy Atom Count: 4
• Complexity: 0

Purity/Quality:

98%Min ^*data from raw suppliers

Rhenium(III) chloride ^*data from reagent suppliers

Safty Information:

• Pictogram(s): XiC
• Hazard Codes: Xi
• Statements: 36/37/38
• Safety Statements: 26-37/39

MSDS Files:

SDS file from LookChem

Useful:

• Canonical SMILES: [Cl-].[Cl-].[Cl-].[Re]
• Uses: It is used as a starting material for synthesis of rhenium complexes. ReCl3?can react with peralkylated benzene-metal complexes that act as electron reservoirs.

Technology Process of Rhenium(III)chloride

There total 13 articles about Rhenium(III)chloride which guide to synthetic route it. The literature collected by LookChem mainly comes from the sharing of users and the free literature resources found by Internet computing technology. We keep the original model of the professional version of literature to make it easier and faster for users to retrieve and use. At the same time, we analyze and calculate the most feasible synthesis route with the highest yield for your reference as below:

synthetic route:

Reference yield: 100.0%

rhenium(V) chloride (13596-35-5) → rhenium(III) chloride (13569-63-6)

Guidance literature:

With SnCl₂; redn. starting at about 150°C, fast at 200-250°C; vac. sublimation at 450-500°C;

DOI:10.1016/0022-5088(86)90194-3

Reference yield:

rhenium(V) chloride (13596-35-5) + molybdenum(VI) oxide → rhenium trioxide + rhenium(III) chloride (13569-63-6) + rhenium oxytetrachloride (13814-76-1,204864-46-0) + dioxomolybdenum(VI) dichloride (13637-68-8)

Guidance literature:

In neat (no solvent); 180°C, evacuated ampoule;

Reference yield:

rhenium + chlorine (7782-50-5) → rhenium(III) chloride (13569-63-6)

Guidance literature:

In neat (no solvent); byproducts: Cl2; heating Re in Cl2-stream, heating sublimate in O2- and H2O-free N2-stream;; sublimation at 500-550 °C in vac.;;

upstream raw materials:

rhenium(V) chloride

chlorine

rubidium tetrachlororhenate(III)

caesium tetrachlororhenate(III)

Downstream raw materials:

rhenium oxytetrachloride

rhenium(V) chloride

rhenium(I) pentacarbonyl chloride