Ruthenium(II) chloride

Ruthenium(II) chloride  Names

Other names

Ruthenium dichloride, dichlororuthenium

Identifiers

CAS Number

* 13465-51-5

3D model (JSmol)

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ChemSpider |

* 132403

PubChem CID

* 150195

InChI

* InChI=1S/2ClH.Ru/h2*1H;/q;;+2/p-2

Key: DHCWLIOIJZJFJE-UHFFFAOYSA-L

SMILES

* Cl[Ru]Cl

Properties

Chemical formula

| Cl2Ru
Molar mass | 171.97 g·mol−1
Appearance  | brown crystals

Solubility in water

| Poorly soluble
Related compounds

Related compounds

| Osmium(II) chloride, iridium(II) chloride, platinum(II) chloride

Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Infobox references

Ruthenium(II) chloride is an inorganic compound, a metal salt of ruthenium and hydrochloric acid with the formula RuCl2.[1][2]

## Contents

* 1 Synthesis
* 2 Physical properties
* 3 Chemical properties
* 4 References

## Synthesis

* Reaction of chlorine and ruthenium at 250 °C:[3]

Ru + Cl
2 → RuCl

* Reaction of ruthenium trichloride with hydrogen in ethanol in presence of platinum black and hydrogen chloride:

2RuCl
3 \+ H
2 → 2RuCl
2 \+ 2HCl

## Physical properties

Ruthenium(II) chloride forms brown crystals.

Ruthenium(II) chloride is poorly soluble in cold water, but is soluble in ethanol.

## Chemical properties

Ruthenium(II) chloride can form complexes with aromatic hydrocarbons.[4]

The compound can be reduced to elemental ruthenium by hydrogen.

## References

1. ↑ "Ruthenium(ii) chloride" (in en). NIST. https://webbook.nist.gov/cgi/formula?ID=B8000908.
2. ↑ Rose, D.; Wilkinson, G. (1 January 1970). "The blue solutions of ruthenium(II) chloride: a cluster anion" (in en). Journal of the Chemical Society A: Inorganic, Physical, Theoretical: 1791–1795. doi:10.1039/J19700001791. ISSN 0022-4944. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/1970/j1/j19700001791. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
3. ↑ Howe, Jas. Lewis; Howe, James L.; Ogburn, S. C. (February 1924). "Ruthenium Dichloride" (in en). Journal of the American Chemical Society 46 (2): 335–342. doi:10.1021/ja01667a008. ISSN 0002-7863. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja01667a008. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
4. ↑ Arthur, T.; Stephenson, T. A. (31 March 1981). "Synthesis of triple halide-bridged arene complexes of ruthenium(II) and osmium(II)" (in en). Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 208 (3): 369–387. doi:10.1016/S0022-328X(00)86722-4. ISSN 0022-328X. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022328X00867224. Retrieved 31 March 2023.

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Ruthenium compounds

Ru(0)|

* Ru3(CO)12
* Ru(P(C6H5)3)3(CO)2

Ru(I)|

* (C5(C6H5)4O)2H(Ru(CO)2)2H

Ru(II)|

* RuB2
* Na4Ru(N2C12H6(C6H4SO3)2)3
* (Ru((NC5H4)2)3)Cl2
* Ru(P(C6H5)3)3Cl2
* Ru(SO(CH3)2)4Cl2
* (RuCl2C6H4CH3CH(CH3)2)2
* RuClC5H5(P(C6H5)3)2
* C43H72Cl2P2Ru
* (C5H5)2Ru

Ru(III)|

* RuCl3

Ru(IV)|

* RuO2
* Sr2RuO4

Ru(V)|

* RuF5

Ru(VI)|

* RuF6

Ru(VII)|

* N(C3H7)4RuO4

Ru(VIII)|

* RuO4

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Salts and covalent derivatives of the chloride ion

HCl |  |  |  | He

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LiCl | BeCl2 | BCl3
B2Cl4 | CCl4 | NCl3
ClN3 | Cl2O
ClO2
Cl2O7 | ClF
ClF3
ClF5 | Ne
NaCl | MgCl2 | AlCl
AlCl3 | SiCl4 | P2Cl4
PCl3
PCl5 | S2Cl2
SCl2
SCl4 | Cl2 | Ar
KCl | CaCl
CaCl2 | ScCl3 | TiCl2
TiCl3
TiCl4 | VCl2
VCl3
VCl4
VCl5 | CrCl2
CrCl3
CrCl4 | MnCl2 | FeCl2
FeCl3 | CoCl2
CoCl3 | NiCl2 | CuCl
CuCl2 | ZnCl2 | GaCl2
GaCl3 | GeCl2
GeCl4 | AsCl3
AsCl5 | Se2Cl2
SeCl4 | BrCl | KrCl
RbCl | SrCl2 | YCl3 | ZrCl3
ZrCl4 | NbCl4
NbCl5 | MoCl2
MoCl3
MoCl4
MoCl5
MoCl6 | TcCl4 | RuCl3 | RhCl3 | PdCl2 | AgCl | CdCl2 | InCl
InCl2
InCl3 | SnCl2
SnCl4 | SbCl3
SbCl5 | Te3Cl2
TeCl4 | ICl
ICl3 | XeCl
XeCl2
CsCl | BaCl2 |  | HfCl4 | TaCl5 | WCl2
WCl3
WCl4
WCl5
WCl6 | Re3Cl9
ReCl4
ReCl5
ReCl6 | OsCl4 | IrCl2
IrCl3
IrCl4 | PtCl2
PtCl4 | AuCl
AuCl3 | Hg2Cl2,
HgCl2 | TlCl | PbCl2,
PbCl4 | BiCl3 | PoCl2,
PoCl4 | AtCl  | RnCl2
FrCl | RaCl2 |  | Rf  | Db  | Sg  | Bh  | Hs  | Mt  | Ds  | Rg  | Cn  | Nh  | Fl  | Mc  | Lv  | Ts  | Og
| ↓  |  |
LaCl3 | CeCl3 | PrCl3 | NdCl2,
NdCl3 | PmCl3 | SmCl2,
SmCl3 | EuCl2,
EuCl3 | GdCl3 | TbCl3 | DyCl2,
DyCl3 | HoCl3 | ErCl3 | TmCl2
TmCl3 | YbCl2
YbCl3 | LuCl3
AcCl3 | ThCl4 | PaCl5 | UCl3
UCl4
UCl5
UCl6 | NpCl4 | PuCl3 | AmCl2
AmCl3 | CmCl3 | BkCl3 | CfCl3 | EsCl3 | Fm  | Md  | No  | LrCl3

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