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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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)

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
L - Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron
B - John E. Bartmess

Electron affinity determinations

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Data compiled by: NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, William E. Wallace, director

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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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Nash, Skinner, et al., 1965
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Pedley and Rylance, 1977
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Cox and Pilcher, 1970
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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]

Wang, Chi, et al., 2010
Wang, X.B.; Chi, C.X.; Zhou, M.F.; Kuvychko, I.V.; Seppelt, K.; Popov, A.A.; Strauss, S.H.; Boltalina, O.V.; Wang, L.S., Photoelectron Spectroscopy of C60Fn- and C60Fm2- (n=17, 33, 35, 43, 45, 47; m=34, 46) in the Gas Phase and the Generation and Characterization of C-1-C60F47- and D-2-C60F44 in Solution, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2010, 114, 4, 1756-1765, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp9097364 . [all data]

Ioffe, Avdoshenko, et al., 2005
Ioffe, I.N.; Avdoshenko, S.M.; Boltalina, O.V.; Sidorov, L.N.; Berndt, K.; Weber, J.M., Mass spectrometry, photoelectron spectroscopy, and quantum chemical studies of fluorofullerene dianions, Int. J. Mass Spectrom., 2005, 243, 3, 223-230, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijms.2005.03.005 . [all data]

Lacmann, Maneira, et al., 1983
Lacmann, K.; Maneira, M.J.P.; Moutinho, A.M.C.; Weigman, U., Total and Double Differential Cross Sections of Ion- Pair Formations in Collisions of K Atoms with SnCl₄ and CCl₄, J. Chem. Phys., 1983, 78, 1767. [all data]

Mathur, Rothe, et al., 1979
Mathur, E.P.; Rothe, E.W.; Reck, G.P., Negative ions from the reactions of alkalis with SnCl₄, GeCl₄, and TiCl⁴, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Phys., 1979, 31, 77. [all data]

Check, Faust, et al., 2001
Check, C.E.; Faust, T.O.; Bailey, J.M.; Wright, B.J.; Gilbert, T.M.; Sunderlin, L.S., Addition of Polarization and Diffuse Functions to the LANL2DZ Basis Set for P-Block Elements, J. Phys. Chem. A,, 2001, 105, 34, 8111, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp011945l . [all data]

Bancroft, Pellach, et al., 1982
Bancroft, G.M.; Pellach, E.; Tse, J.S., High resolution HeI and HeII photoelectron spectra of TiCl₄, SnCl₄, and (CH₃)₄Sn, Inorg. Chem., 1982, 21, 2950. [all data]

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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:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  EA	Electron affinity
  IE (evaluated)	Recommended ionization energy
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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