Tin(IV) chloride

• Formula: Cl₄Sn
• Molecular weight: 260.522
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/4ClH.Sn/h4*1H;/q;;;;+4/p-4 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: HPGGPRDJHPYFRM-UHFFFAOYSA-J Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 7646-78-8
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Stannic chloride; SnCl4; Stannane, tetrachloro-; Etain (tetrachlorure d'); Libavius Fuming spirit; Stagno (tetracloruro di); Stannic chloride, anhydrous; Stannic tetrachloride; Tetrachlorostannane; Tetrachlorotin; Tin chloride (SnCl4); Tin chloride, fuming; Tin perchloride; Tin tetrachloride; Tin tetrachloride, anhydrous; Tin(iv) chloride (1:4); Tin(IV) tetrachloride; Tin chloride; UN 1827; Zinntetrachlorid; Anhydrous tin tetrachloride; Fascat 4400; Libavius' fuming spirit; Tin (IV) chloride anhydrous; NSC 209802
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Antoine Equation Parameters

log₁₀(P) = A − (B / (T + C))
    P = vapor pressure (bar)
    T = temperature (K)

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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
MS - José A. Martinho Simões
B - John E. Bartmess

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Individual Reactions

3 (l) +  (l) = 4 (l)

By formula: 3C₄H₁₂Sn (l) + Cl₄Sn (l) = 4C₃H₉ClSn (l)

 (l) + 3 (l) = 4 (l)

By formula: C₄H₁₂Sn (l) + 3Cl₄Sn (l) = 4CH₃Cl₃Sn (l)

 (l) +  (l) = 2 (l)

By formula: C₄H₁₂Sn (l) + Cl₄Sn (l) = 2C₂H₆Cl₂Sn (l)

 (l) +  (l) = C₂H₅Cl₃Sn (l) +  (l)

By formula: C₈H₂₀Sn (l) + Cl₄Sn (l) = C₂H₅Cl₃Sn (l) + C₆H₁₅ClSn (l)

 +  = Cl₅Sn^-

By formula: Cl^- + Cl₄Sn = Cl₅Sn^-

3 (l) +  (l) = 4 (l)

By formula: 3C₈H₂₀Sn (l) + Cl₄Sn (l) = 4C₆H₁₅ClSn (l)

3 (l) +  (l) = 4C₆H₉ClSn (l)

By formula: 3C₈H₁₂Sn (l) + Cl₄Sn (l) = 4C₆H₉ClSn (l)

 (l) + 3 (l) = 4C₂H₃Cl₃Sn (l)

By formula: C₈H₁₂Sn (l) + 3Cl₄Sn (l) = 4C₂H₃Cl₃Sn (l)

 (l) +  (l) = 2C₄H₆Cl₂Sn (l)

By formula: C₈H₁₂Sn (l) + Cl₄Sn (l) = 2C₄H₆Cl₂Sn (l)

Ion clustering data

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Clustering reactions

 +  = Cl₅Sn^-

By formula: Cl^- + Cl₄Sn = Cl₅Sn^-

Vibrational and/or electronic energy levels

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Data compiled by: Takehiko Shimanouchi

Symmetry:   T_d     Symmetry Number σ = 12

Source: Shimanouchi, 1972

Notes

References

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Stull, 1947
Stull, Daniel R., Vapor Pressure of Pure Substances. Organic and Inorganic Compounds, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1947, 39, 4, 517-540, https://doi.org/10.1021/ie50448a022 . [all data]

Nash, Skinner, et al., 1965
Nash, G.A.; Skinner, H.A.; Stack, W.F., Trans. Faraday Soc., 1965, 61, 640. [all data]

Pedley and Rylance, 1977
Pedley, J.B.; Rylance, J., Computer Analysed Thermochemical Data: Organic and Organometallic Compounds, University of Sussex, Brigton, 1977. [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds in Academic Press, New York, 1970. [all data]

Hao, Kaspar, et al., 2005
Hao, C.T.; Kaspar, J.D.; Check, C.E.; Lobring, K.C.; Gilbert, T.M.; Sunderlin, L.S., Effect of substituents on the strength of A-Cl- (A = Si, Ge, and Sn) bonds in hypervalent systems: ACl(5)(-), ACl(4)F(-), and A(CH3)(3)Cl-2(-), J. Phys. Chem. A, 2005, 109, 9, 2026-2034, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp040743x . [all data]

Shimanouchi, 1972
Shimanouchi, T., Tables of Molecular Vibrational Frequencies Consolidated Volume I, National Bureau of Standards, 1972, 1-160. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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