Tellurium tetrachloride tetramer

Tellurium compounds: tellurium tetrachloride tetramer

The tellurium in tellurium tetrachloride tetramer formally is in the oxidation state 4.

Tellurium tetrachloride tetramer

• Formula as often written: [TeCl₄]₄
• Hill system formula: Cl₁₆Te₄
• CAS registry number: [10026-07-0]
• Formula weight: 1077.643
• Class: chloride

Synonyms

• tellurium tetrachloride tetramer
• tellurium(IV) chloride
• tellurium chloride
• tellurium tetrachloride
• tetratellurium hexadecachloride

Physical properties

• Colour: pale yellow (solid); maroon (liquid)
• Appearance: crystalline solid
• Melting point: 223°C
• Boiling point: 390°C
• Density: 3000 kg m^-3

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Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in tellurium tetrachloride tetramer

Element	%
Cl	52.64
Te	47.36

Synthesis

Not available

Solid state structure

• Geometry of tellurium:
• Prototypical structure:

Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the [TeCl₄]₄ unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: Te₄Cl₁₆

mass  %
1052   0.0 
1053   0.0 
1054   0.0 
1055   0.0 
1056   0.0 
1057   0.0 
1058   0.1 
1059   0.1 
1060   0.3 
1061   0.4 
1062   1.0 
1063   1.3 _
1064   2.7 _
1065   3.2 __
1066   6.3 ___
1067   6.7 ___
1068  13.2 _______
1069  12.4 ______
1070  24.4 ____________
1071  20.3 __________
1072  40.5 ____________________
1073  28.8 ______________
1074  60.4 ______________________________
1075  35.3 __________________
1076  80.5 ________________________________________
1077  37.0 __________________
1078  95.6 ________________________________________________
1079  32.8 ________________
1080 100.0 __________________________________________________
1081  24.5 ____________
1082  91.2 ______________________________________________
1083  15.3 ________
1084  71.9 ____________________________________
1085   8.0 ____
1086  48.5 ________________________
1087   3.5 __
1088  27.8 ______________
1089   1.2 _
1090  13.5 _______
1091   0.4 
1092   5.5 ___
1093   0.1 
1094   1.9 _
1095   0.0 
1096   0.5 
1097   0.0 
1098   0.1 
1099   0.0 
1100   0.0 
1101   0.0 
1102   0.0 

References

The data on these compounds pages are assembled and adapted from the primary literature and several other sources including the following.

• R.T. Sanderson in Chemical Periodicity, Reinhold, New York, USA, 1960.
• N.N. Greenwood and A. Earnshaw in Chemistry of the Elements, 2nd edition, Butterworth, UK, 1997.
• F.A. Cotton, G. Wilkinson, C.A. Murillo, and M. Bochmann, in Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
• A.F. Trotman-Dickenson, (ed.) in Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry, Pergamon, Oxford, UK, 1973.
• R.W.G. Wyckoff, in Crystal Structures, volume 1, Interscience, John Wiley & Sons, 1963.
• A.R.West in Basic solid state chemistry Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
• A.F. Wells in Structural inorganic chemistry, 4th edition, Oxford, UK, 1975.
• J.D.H. Donnay, (ed.) in Crystal data determinative tables, ACA monograph number 5, American Crystallographic Association, USA, 1963.
• D.R. Lide, (ed.) in Chemical Rubber Company handbook of chemistry and physics, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 77th edition, 1996.
• J.W. Mellor in A comprehensive treatise on inorganic and theoretical chemistry, volumes 1-16, Longmans, London, UK, 1922-1937.
• J.E. Macintyre (ed.) in Dictionary of inorganic compounds, volumes 1-3, Chapman & Hall, London, UK, 1992.

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