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Chemical data
- Formula
- Cl2Cr
- Molecular weight
- 122.9 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- chromium(2+) dichloride
- SMILES
- [Cl-].[Cl-].[Cr+2]
- InChIKey
- XBWRJSSJWDOUSJ-UHFFFAOYSA-L
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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Research
194 papers- Chromous chloride reductions. IV. Reaction of endrin with chromous chloride solution.Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology · 1970
- Chromous chloride reductions. V. Reaction of endrin ketone (II) with chromous chloride solution.Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology · 1971
- Stereoselective transformations of trihalomethylcarbinols induced by chromous chloride.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2005
- Chromous chloride reduction. 8. Reaction of some derivatives and degradation products of heptachlor with chromous chloride-ethylenediamine complex and nuclear magnetic resonance and mass spectra of the products.Journal - Association of Official Analytical Chemists · 1974
- Chromous chloride reductions. III. Identification of products obtained from prolonged contact of chlordene and heptachlor with chromous chloride solution.Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology · 1970
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Has part
- chromium
- Mass
- 121.878
- Image
- Chromium(II) chloride.JPG
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- crystal system
- orthorhombic crystal system
- canonical SMILES
- Cl[Cr]Cl
- boiling point
- 1120
- density
- 2.9
- chemical formula
- Cl₂Cr
- subject has role
- antioxidant
- melting point
- 814
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Encyclopedic overview
Chromium(II) chloride describes inorganic compounds with the formula CrCl2(H2O)n. The anhydrous solid is white when pure, however commercial samples are often grey or green; it is hygroscopic and readily dissolves in water to give bright blue air-sensitive solutions of the tetrahydrate Cr(H2O)4Cl2. Chromium(II) chloride has no commercial uses but is used on a laboratory-scale for the synthesis of other chromium complexes.
Structure and properties
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