Chemistry:Trichlorostannate
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Trichlorostannate is the inorganic anion with the formula SnCl−
3. It is the chloride adduct of stannous chloride:
- SnCl
2 + Cl−
→ SnCl−
3
The trichlorostannate anion is pyramidal in shape, being similar to trichlorogermanate (GeCl−
3) and antimony trichloride.
The anion can be isolated as quaternary ammonium salt and cesium salts.[1] The compound with the formula K
2SnCl
4 · H2O is a hydrated double salt, consisting of SnCl−
3 and Cl−
.[2]
Trichlorostannate serves as a ligand in coordination chemistry, illustrated by the complex [Pt(SnCl
3)
5]3−.[3]
References
- ↑ Parshall, G. W. (1974). "Tetraethylammonium Trichlorogermanate(l-) and Trichlorostannate(l-)". Inorganic Syntheses. 15. p. 222. doi:10.1002/9780470132463.ch48. ISBN 978-0-470-13176-3.
- ↑ Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. p. 380. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.
- ↑ Nelson, John H.; Alcock, Nathaniel W. (1982). "Crystal and Solution Structure of Triphenylmethylphosphonium Pentakis(trichlorostannyl)platinate(II), [Ph3PCH3]3[Pt(SnCl3)5]". Inorganic Chemistry 21 (3): 1196–1200. doi:10.1021/ic00133a062.
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