Chlorine perchlorate

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Chlorine perchlorate
Names
IUPAC name
Chloro perchlorate[2]
Systematic IUPAC name
Chloro perchlorate[2]
Other names
  • Chlorine(I,VII) oxide
  • Dichlorine tetroxide
  • (Chlorooxy)chlorane trioxide[1]
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChEBI
ChemSpider
Properties
Cl2O4
Molar mass 134.90 g·mol−1
Appearance Pale green liquid
Density 1.81 g·cm−3
Melting point −117 °C (−179 °F; 156 K)
Boiling point 20 °C (68 °F; 293 K) (decomposes)
Reacts
Hazards
Main hazards oxidizer
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Chlorine perchlorate is a chemical compound with the formula Cl
2
O
4
. This chlorine oxide is an asymmetric oxide, with one chlorine atom in +1 oxidation state and the other +7, with proper formula Cl–O–ClO
3
. It is produced by the photodimerization of chlorine dioxide (ClO
2
) at room temperature by 436 nm ultraviolet light:[3][4][5]

2 ClO
2
→ ClOClO
3

Chlorine perchlorate can also be made by the following reaction at −45 °C.

CsClO
4
+ ClOSO
2
F → CsSO
3
F + ClOClO
3

Properties

Chlorine perchlorate is a pale greenish liquid. It is less stable than ClO
2
(chlorine dioxide)[citation needed] and decomposes at room temperature to give O
2
(oxygen), Cl
2
(chlorine) and Cl
2
O
6
(dichlorine hexoxide):

2 ClOClO
3
→ O
2
+ Cl
2
+ Cl
2
O
6

Chlorine perchlorate reacts with metal chlorides to form chlorine and the corresponding anhydrous perchlorate:

CrO
2
Cl
2
+ 2 ClOClO
3
→ 2 Cl
2
+ CrO
2
(ClO
4
)
2
TiCl
4
+ 4 ClOClO
3
→ 4 Cl
2
+ Ti(ClO
4
)
4
2 AgCl + 2 ClOClO
3
→ 2 AgClO
4
+ Cl
2

Reactions

Reactant Conditions Products
Heat dichlorine hexoxide (80%), chlorine dioxide, chlorine, oxygen
Ultraviolet light dichlorine heptoxide, chlorine, oxygen[5]
caesium iodide −45 °C caesium tetraperchloratoiodate(III) Cs+
[I(OClO
3
)
4
]
[note 1]
ClOSO
2
F
or ClF
M+
ClO
4
(M = Cs or [NO
2
]
)[note 2]
bromine −45 °C bromine perchlorate (BrOClO
3
)[note 2]
iodine(0.33 mol) −50 °C iodine(III) perchlorate I(OClO
3
)
3
[note 3]
CF3I -112 °C CF3OClO3, O2, Cl2, Cl
2
O
7
, and I
2
O
5
.[8]

Notes

  1. Cs+
    [I(OClO
    3
    )
    4
    ]
    is a pale yellow salt which is stable at room temperature. It has a square IO
    4
    unit.
  2. 2.0 2.1 M+
    ClO
    4
    (M = Cs or [NO
    2
    ]
    ) reacts with BrOSO
    2
    F
    at −20 °C and produces bromine perchlorate (BrOClO
    3
    ). Bromine perchlorate then reacts with hydrogen bromide (HBr) at −70 °C and produces elemental bromine (Br
    2
    ) and perchloric acid (HClO
    4
    ).
  3. The last[6] attempt to form iodine monoperchlorate (IOClO
    3
    ) occurred in 1972,[7] and even at low temperatures yielded instead the triperchlorate. On warming, the latter then decomposes to iodate.

References

  1. nih.gov
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Chloro Perchlorate - PubChem Public Chemical Database". The PubChem Project. USA: National Center for Biotechnology Information. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/168667. 
  3. A. J. Schell-Sorokin; D. S. Bethune; J. R. Lankard; M. M. T. Loy; P. P. Sorokin (1982). "Chlorine perchlorate a major photolysis product of chlorine dioxide". J. Phys. Chem. 86 (24): 4653–4655. doi:10.1021/j100221a001. 
  4. M. I. Lopez; J. E. Sicre (1988). "Ultraviolet spectrum of chlorine perchlorate". J. Phys. Chem. 92 (2): 563–564. doi:10.1021/j100313a062. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Rao, Balaji; Anderson, Todd A.; Redder, Aaron; Jackson, W. Andrew (2010-04-15). "Perchlorate Formation by Ozone Oxidation of Aqueous Chlorine/Oxy-Chlorine Species: Role of ClxOy Radicals". Environmental Science & Technology 44 (8): 2961–2967. doi:10.1021/es903065f. ISSN 0013-936X. PMID 20345093. Bibcode2010EnST...44.2961R. 
  6. Zefirov, N. S.; Zedankin, V. V.; Koz'min, A. S. (1988). "The synthesis and properties of covalent organic perchlorates". Russian Chemical Reviews (Turpion) 57 (11): 1047. doi:10.1070/RC1988v057n11ABEH003410.  Translated from Uspekhi Khimii volume 57 (1988), pp. 1815-1839.
  7. Christe, Karl O.; Schack, Carl J. (1972). "Iodine tris­(perch1orate) and cesium tetrakis­(perchlorato)­iodate(III)". Inorganic Chemistry 11 (7): 1684. doi:10.1021/ic50113a047. 
  8. Schack, Carl J.; Pilipovich, Don; Christe, Karl O. (1975). "Halogen perchlorates: Reactions with fluorocarbon halides". Inorganic Chemistry 14 (1). doi:10.1021/ic50143a032. 




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