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Rhenium(VI) chloride

Rhenium(VI) chloride is the inorganic compound with the formula ReCl<sub>6</sub>. It is a black paramagnetic solid. The molecules adopt an octahedral structure as seen in tungsten(VI) chloride.

Preparation and reactions

Rhenium(VI) chloride was first generated as a mixture by chlorination of Re films. Bulk samples can be prepared by combining rhenium hexafluoride with excess boron trichloride:

2 ReF<sub>6</sub> + 6 BCl<sub>3</sub> → ReCl<sub>6</sub> + 6 BF<sub>2</sub>Cl

It is unstable at room temperature with respect to rhenium(V) chloride:

2 ReCl<sub>6</sub> → [ReCl<sub>5</sub>]<sub>2</sub> + Cl<sub>2</sub>

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