Uranium trichloride

Base Information

• Chemical Name: Uranium trichloride
• CAS No.: 10025-93-1
• Molecular Formula: Cl3U
• Molecular Weight: 344.388
• DSSTox Substance ID: DTXSID40894889
• Wikipedia: Uranium trichloride
• Wikidata: Q420941
• Mol file: 10025-93-1.mol

Synonyms:Uranium trichloride;trichlorouranium;Uranium chloride;Uranium chloride (UCl3);10025-93-1;Uranium (III) chloride;UNII-1SW3X68G1K;Cl3U;Cl3-U;DTXSID40894889;Q420941

Chemical Property of Uranium trichloride

Chemical Property:

• Melting Point: 842°
• PSA: 0.00000
• Density: 5.51
• LogP: 2.06850
• Water Solubility.: very soluble H2O, evolves H2, solution changes color from purple to green due to oxidation of U+++ [MER06]
• Hydrogen Bond Donor Count: 0
• Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count: 0
• Rotatable Bond Count: 0
• Exact Mass: 342.95735
• Heavy Atom Count: 4
• Complexity: 8

Purity/Quality:

98%,99%, ^*data from raw suppliers

URANIUM TRICHLORIDE 95.00% ^*data from reagent suppliers

Safty Information:

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MSDS Files:

SDS file from LookChem

Useful:

• Chemical Classes: Physical/Radiation -> Radioactive Compounds
• Canonical SMILES: Cl[U](Cl)Cl

Technology Process of Uranium trichloride

There total 29 articles about Uranium trichloride which guide to synthetic route it. The literature collected by LookChem mainly comes from the sharing of users and the free literature resources found by Internet computing technology. We keep the original model of the professional version of literature to make it easier and faster for users to retrieve and use. At the same time, we analyze and calculate the most feasible synthesis route with the highest yield for your reference as below:

synthetic route:

Reference yield: 86.0%

uranium(IV) chloride (10026-10-5) → uranium(III) chloride (10025-93-1)

Guidance literature:

With zinc; redn. of UCl4 by metallic Zn at 450 to 480°C in vacuum;;

Reference yield: 85.0%

Hg(b),Li(1) (X%) + 2Li(1+)*[(UCl4(C4H8O))2((CH3)2CO)2](2-)*99C4H8O=Li2[(UCl4(C4H8O))2((CH3)2CO)2]*99C4H8O → uranium(III) chloride (10025-93-1) + Li(UCl4) + 2Li(1+)*[UCl4(OC(CH3)2)2](2-)*99C4H8O=Li2[UCl4(OC(CH3)2)2]*99C4H8O

Guidance literature:

In tetrahydrofuran; Ar atm; 1 equiv. of amalgam, 20°C, 4.5 h;

DOI:10.1002/anie.199611291

Reference yield: 20.0%

benzocyclooctene (265-49-6) + uranium(IV) chloride (10026-10-5) → uranium(III) chloride (10025-93-1) + dibenzouranocene (87532-97-6)

Guidance literature:

With potassium; In tetrahydrofuran; under Ar; to a soln. of benzocyclooctatetraene potassium was added; mixt. stirred for 48 h, added to a soln. of UCl4 and refluxed for 2 days; evapn., washing a residue with hexane, extn. (THF);

DOI:10.1021/om50006a030

upstream raw materials:

potassium

uranium(IV) chloride

silver

potassium 6,6-dimethylcyclohexadienide

Downstream raw materials:

{OC(C₆H₅)2C(C₆H₅)2O}UCl₂

uranium(IV) chloride

uranium hexafluoride

({8}annulene)uranium(IV) dichloride

Refernces

• 1、 Drozdzynski, J.. "". . p. 167 - 168. Retrieved 1988.
• 2、 Schleid,Meyer,Morss. "FACILE SYNTHESIS OF UCl4 AND ThCl4, METALLOTHERMIC REDUCTIONS OF UCl4 WITH ALKALI METALS AND CRYSTAL STRUCTURE REFINEMENTS OF UCl3, UCl4 AND Cs2UCl6.". . p. 69 - 77. Retrieved 1987.
• 3、 Poa,Tomczuk,Steunenberg. "VOLTAMMETRY OF URANIUM AND PLUTONIUM IN MOLTEN LiCl-NaCl-CaCl2-BaCl2 I. REDUCTION OF U(III) TO URANIUM METAL.". . p. 1161 - 1166. Retrieved 1988.
• 4、 Cesari, M.,Pedretti, U.,Zazzetta, A.,Lugli, G.,Markoni, W.. "". . p. 439 - 444. Retrieved 1971.
• 5、 Cordfunke, E. H. P.,Ouweltjes, W.,Prins, G.. "Standard enthalpies of formation of uranium compounds. VIII. UCl3, UCl5, and UCl6". . p. 495 - 502. Retrieved 1982.
• 6、 Schoebrechts, J.-P.,Gens, R.,Fuger, J.,Morss, L. R.. "". . p. 49 - 66. Retrieved 1989.
• 7、 Kuznetsov,Hayashi,Minato,Gaune-Escard. "Electrochemical behavior and some thermodynamic properties of UCl 4 and UCl3 dissolved in a LiCl-KCl eutectic melt". . p. C203-C212. Retrieved 2005.