Uranium pentachloride

Uranium pentachloride
Names
IUPAC name
Uranium(V) chloride
Other names
Uranium pentachloride
Uranic chloride
Identifiers
13470-21-8
Properties
UCl5
Molar mass 415.29 g/mol
Except where noted otherwise, data is given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C (77 °F), 100 kPa)
Infobox references

Uranium pentachloride is an inorganic chemical compound composed of uranium in the +5 oxidation state and five chlorine atoms. The gaseous form has C4v symmetry.[1] There are two crystalline forms, each of which has the uranium atom in an octahedral geometry among six chlorine atoms.[2]

References

  1. Su, J; Dau, P. D.; Xu, C. F.; Huang, D. L.; Liu, H. T.; Wei, F; Wang, L. S.; Li, J (2013). "A joint photoelectron spectroscopy and theoretical study on the electronic structure of UCl5- and UCl5". Chemistry - An Asian Journal 8 (10): 2489–96. doi:10.1002/asia.201300627. PMID 23853153.
  2. Lester R. Morss, Norman M. Edelstein, J. Fuger (ed.). The Chemistry of the Actinide and Transactinide Elements. pp. 522–523.