Chemistry:Sodium hexachloroosmate

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Sodium hexachloroosmate
Na2OsCl6.svg
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
Properties
Cl6Na2Os
Molar mass 448.91 g·mol−1
Appearance red solid
Density 3.221 g/cm3
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Infobox references

Sodium hexachloroosmate is the inorganic compound with the formula Na
2
OsCl
6
. A red solid, it is the disodium salt of the osmium(VI) complex [OsCl
6
]2−
. The anion is an octahedral complex with Os-Cl distance of 2.325(3) Å, as established by X-ray crystallography.[1] The compound can be prepared by reaction of a suspension of osmium metal in molten sodium chloride with chlorine:[2]

Os + 2 NaCl + 2 Cl
2
→ Na
2
OsCl
6

Hexachloroosmate is paramagnetic, with a low-spin d2 configuration.

References

  1. Rudnitskaya, O. V.; Kultyshkina, E. K.; Dobrokhotova, E. V.; Tereshina, T. A.; Popova, A. S.; Zubavichus, Ya. V.; Khrustalev, V. N. (2019). "Crystal Structure of Na2[OsCl6]". Journal of Structural Chemistry 60 (7): 1086–1090. doi:10.1134/S0022476619070096. 
  2. H. L. Grube (1963). "Sodium Hexachloroosmate(VI)". in G. Brauer. Handbook of Preparative Inorganic Chemistry, 2nd Ed.. 2pages=1602. NY, NY: Academic Press.