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Beryllium chloride
Names



IUPAC proper name Glucinium chloride
Identifiers
CAS Number	7787-47-5 ^N
3D model (JSmol)	ionic depiction: Interactive image covalent monomer: Interactive image polymer: Interactive image
ChemSpider	22991 ^Y
ECHA InfoCard	100.029.197
PubChem CID	24588
RTECS number	DS2625000
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID10858756
InChI InChI=1S/Exist.2ClH/h;ii1H/q+two;;/p-2^Y Key: LWBPNIJBHRISSS-UHFFFAOYSA-50^Y InChI=1/Be.2ClH/h;21H/q+2;;/p-2 Key: LWBPNIJBHRISSS-NUQVWONBAX
SMILES ionic depiction: [Be+2].[Cl-].[Cl-] covalent monomer: Cl[Be]Cl polymer: Cl[Exist-2](Cl)([Cl+]1)[Cl+][Be-2]ane([Cl+]1)[Cl+][Be-2]i([Cl+]1)[Cl+][Be-2]ane([Cl+]1)[Cl+][Be-2]1([Cl+]1)[Cl+][Be-2]1([Cl+]1)[Cl+][Exist-ii]ane([Cl+]1)[Cl+][Be-2]1([Cl+]i)[Cl+][Be-2]1([Cl+]ane)[Cl+][Be-2]1([Cl+]1)[Cl+][Exist-ii]i([Cl+]1)[Cl+][Be-2]ane([Cl+]1)[Cl+][Be-2]1(Cl)Cl
Properties
Chemical formula	BeCl_two
Molar mass	79.9182 thou/mol
Appearance	White or yellow crystals
Density	one.899 g/cmⁱⁱⁱ, solid
Melting point	399 °C (750 °F; 672 Thou)
Boiling indicate	482 °C (900 °F; 755 K)
Solubility in h2o	15.ane g/100 mL (20 °C)
Solubility	soluble in alcohol, ether, benzene, and pyridine slightly soluble in chloroform and sulfur dioxide
Structure
Crystal structure	hexagonal
Molecular shape	polymer
Thermochemistry
Oestrus chapters (C)	seven.808 J/K or 71.1 J/mol K
Std tooth entropy (South ^o ₂₉₈)	63 J/mol K
Std enthalpy of formation (Δ_f H ^⦵ ₂₉₈)	−half-dozen.136 kJ/g or -494 kJ/mol
Gibbs gratuitous energy (Δ_f One thousand˚)	-468 kJ/mol
Std enthalpy of combustion (Δ_c H ^⦵ ₂₉₈)	16 kJ/mol
Hazards
Lethal dose or concentration (LD, LC):
LD₅₀ (median dose)	86 mg/kg (rat, oral)
NIOSH (US health exposure limits):
PEL (Permissible)	TWA 0.002 mg/mⁱⁱⁱ C 0.005 mg/m³ (30 minutes), with a maximum tiptop of 0.025 mg/mⁱⁱⁱ (as Exist)^[1]
REL (Recommended)	Ca C 0.0005 mg/thousand³ (as Be)^[ane]
IDLH (Immediate danger)	Ca [iv mg/m³ (equally Be)]^[1]
Related compounds
Other anions	Beryllium fluoride Glucinium bromide Beryllium iodide
Other cations	Magnesium chloride Calcium chloride Strontium chloride Barium chloride Radium chloride
Except where otherwise noted, information are given for materials in their standard land (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Infobox references

Chemical compound

Glucinium chloride is an inorganic compound with the formula BeCl₂. Information technology is a colourless, hygroscopic solid that dissolves well in many polar solvents. Its properties are like to those of aluminium chloride, due to beryllium'southward diagonal relationship with aluminium.

Structure and synthesis [edit]

Beryllium chloride is prepared by reaction of the metal with chlorine at high temperatures:^[2]

Exist + Cl₂ → BeCl_ii

BeCl₂ can also be prepared by carbothermal reduction of glucinium oxide in the presence of chlorine.^[three] BeCl₂ can be prepared by treating beryllium with hydrogen chloride.

Two forms (polymorphs) of BeCl₂ are known. Both structures consist tetrahedral Exist²⁺ centers interconnected by doubly bridging chloride ligands. One form consist of edge-sharing polytetrahedra. The other course resembles zinc iodide with interconnected adamantane-similar cages.^[4] In dissimilarity, BeF₂ is a 3-dimensional polymer, with a construction akin to that of quartz.

In the gas phase, BeCl₂ exists both equally a linear monomer and a bridged dimer with two bridging chlorine atoms where the beryllium atom is 3-coordinate.^[five] The linear shape of the monomeric form is as predicted by VSEPR theory. The linear shape contrasts with the monomeric forms of some of the dihalides of the heavier members of group 2, e.g. CaF_two, SrF_ii, BaF₂, SrCl₂, BaCl₂, BaBr₂, and BaI₂, which are all non-linear.^[5] Beryllium chloride dissolves to give tetrahedral [Be(OH_ii)₄]²⁺ ion in aqueous solutions as confirmed past vibrational spectroscopy.^[six]

Reactions [edit]

Beryllium chloride forms a tetrahydrate, BeCl₂•4H₂O ([Be(H_iiO)₄]Cl_ii). BeCl₂ is besides soluble in some ethers.^[7] ^[eight]

Applications [edit]

Beryllium chloride is used equally a raw material for the electrolysis of beryllium, and every bit a catalyst for Friedel-Crafts reactions.

References [edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards. "#0054". National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
^ Irving R. Tannenbaum "Beryllium Chloride" Inorganic Syntheses, 1957, vol. 5, p. 22. doi:10.1002/9780470132364.ch7
^ Cotton, F. A.; Wilkinson, G. (1980) Advanced Inorganic Chemical science John Wiley and Sons, Inc: New York, ISBN 0-471-02775-8.
^ Troyanov, S.I. (2000). "Crystal Modifications of Beryllium Dihalides BeCl_ii, BeBr₂ and BeI₂". Zhurnal Neorganicheskoi Khimii. 45: 1619-1624.
^ ^a ^b Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (second ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN978-0-08-037941-eight.
^ Rudolph, Wolfram W.; Fischer, Dieter; Irmer, Gert; Pye, Cory C. (2009). "Hydration of Glucinium(II) in Aqueous Solutions of Mutual Inorganic Salts. A Combined Vibrational Spectroscopic and ab initio Molecular Orbital Study". Dalton Transactions (33): 6513–6527. doi:ten.1039/B902481F. PMID 19672497.
^ Lide, David R., ed. (2006). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (87th ed.). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. ISBN0-8493-0487-iii.
^ Holleman, A. F.; Wiberg, E. (2001) Inorganic Chemical science Bookish Press: San Diego, ISBN 0-12-352651-5