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Tin tetrachloride
| PubChem CID | 24287 |
|---|---|
| Chemical Safety | Laboratory Chemical Safety Summary (LCSS) Datasheet |
| Molecular Formula | Cl4Sn or SnCl4 |
| Synonyms | Tin tetrachloride Tetrachlorostannane Tin(IV) chloride 7646-78-8 STANNIC CHLORIDE More... |
| Molecular Weight | 260.5 |
- What is SnCl4?
- How is SnCl4 formed?
- What type of bond is SnCl4?
- What type of crystal is formed by SnCl4?
- What is Al2S3 name?
- Is SnCl4 ionic or molecular?
- Why is SnCl4 a Lewis acid?
- Is SnCl4 a molecular solid?
- What charge is SnCl4?
- Is SnCl4 polar?
- Why SnCl4 is molecular and not ionic?
- What is the name of SnCl2?
What is SnCl4?
Tin chloride (SnCl4)
How is SnCl4 formed?
SnCl4 (anhydrous) can be manufactured by applying Chlorine gas to Tin metal. The formed SnCl4 (liquid) should be allowed to drip onto the Tin metal in the apparatus. ... Anhydrous SnCl4 will dissolve in cold water ( warm/hot will decompose it). Saturate a water solution of SnCl4 with Chlorine gas.
What type of bond is SnCl4?
SnCl2 is ionic but SnCl4 is covalent.
What type of crystal is formed by SnCl4?
SnCl4 is Silicon tetrafluoride-like structured and crystallizes in the monoclinic P2_1/c space group. The structure is zero-dimensional and consists of four tin tetrachloride molecules. Sn4+ is bonded in a tetrahedral geometry to four Cl1- atoms. All Sn–Cl bond lengths are 2.32 Å.
What is Al2S3 name?
Aluminum sulfide | Al2S3 | 99.9 | -100 mesh.
Is SnCl4 ionic or molecular?
SnCl2 is ionic but SnCl4 is covalent.
Why is SnCl4 a Lewis acid?
SnCl4 is a lewis acid. This is because chlorine being the more electronegative atom, pulls the shared pair of electrons towards itself, making tin electron deficient. As a result, Sn can accept electron pairs from molecules like NH3, thereby forming a coordinate bond.
Is SnCl4 a molecular solid?
SnCl2 is a solid while SnCl4 is a liquid. Explain why. The size of Sn2+ ion is larger than Sn4+ ion, so SnCl2 is an ionic compound and SnCl4 is a covalent compound. Thus, SnCl4 molecules are held together by weak Vander Waal's forces.
What charge is SnCl4?
-For example, knowing that Cl forms the chloride ion (Cl-), we would deduce a charge of +4 on Sn in SnCl4.
Is SnCl4 polar?
Sn(tin) belongs to carbon group so the bond in SnCl4 will be similar to CCl4. ... Sn-Cl bond is polar, due to the symmetry in molecule the resultant dipole cancel out gives zero dipole moment to molecule. Hence, SnCl is more polar.
Why SnCl4 is molecular and not ionic?
Besides it the electronegativity difference between Sn and F is higher than Sn and Cl , which make Sn-F bond more polar in nature than Sn-Cl bond. So SnCl4 is covalent but SnF4 is ionic in nature.
What is the name of SnCl2?
Stannous chloride | SnCl2 - PubChem.
