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Niobium oxychloride

Niobium oxychloride

Niobium oxychloride is the inorganic compound with the formula NbOCl3. It is a white, crystalline, diamagnetic solid. It is often found as an impurity in samples of niobium pentachloride, a common reagent in niobium chemistry.

Structure

In the solid state the coordination sphere for niobium is a distorted octahedron. The Nb–O bonds and Nb–Cl bonds are unequal. This structure can be described as planar Nb2Cl6 core connected by O–Nb–O bridges. In this way, the compound is best described as a polymer, consisting of a double stranded chain.

In the gas phase above 320 °C the Raman spectrum is consistent with a pyramidal monomer containing a niobium–oxygen double bond.

Gaseous NbOCl<sub>3</sub> is a tetrahedral molecule.

Synthesis

Niobium oxychloride is prepared by treating the pentachloride with oxygen:

:NbCl5 + O2 → NbOCl3 + Cl2

This reaction is conducted at about 200 °C. NbOCl3 also forms as a major side-product in the reaction of niobium pentoxide with various chlorinating agents such as carbon tetrachloride and thionyl chloride. :2 Nb2O5 + 6 CCl4 → 4 NbOCl3 + 6 COCl2

References

References

  1. (2002). "Neubestimmung der Kristallstruktur von NbOCl3". Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie.
  2. (2005). "Polar [NbOCl3]2''n'' and [{{chem". Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie.
  3. Greenwood, N. N.. (January 1, 1970). "Spectroscopic Properties of Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds". Royal Society of Chemistry.
  4. G. Brauer. (1963). "Handbook of Preparative Inorganic Chemistry". Academic Press.
  5. (1997). "Kinetics of chlorination of niobium pentoxide by carbon tetrachloride". Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B.
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