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hexachlorodisilane
Sign in to saveHexachlorodisilane is the inorganic compound with the chemical formula Si2Cl6. It is a colourless liquid that fumes in moist air. It has specialty applications in as a reagent and as a volatile precursor to silicon metal.
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Chemical data
- Formula
- Cl6Si2
- Molecular weight
- 268.9 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- trichloro(trichlorosilyl)silane
- SMILES
- [Si]([Si](Cl)(Cl)Cl)(Cl)(Cl)Cl
- InChIKey
- LXEXBJXDGVGRAR-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 0
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Has part
- silicon
- Mass
- 265.76696914
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- canonical SMILES
- [Si]([Si](Cl)(Cl)Cl)(Cl)(Cl)Cl
- chemical formula
- Cl₆Si₂
- Commons category
- Hexachlorodisilane
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Structure and synthesis
- Reactions and uses
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Hexachlorodisilane is the inorganic compound with the chemical formula Si2Cl6. It is a colourless liquid that fumes in moist air. It has specialty applications in as a reagent and as a volatile precursor to silicon metal.
==Structure and synthesis== The molecule adopts a structure like ethane, with a single Si-Si bond length of 233 pm.
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