Chemical compound
Osmium(III) chloride is an inorganic chemical compound of osmium metal and chlorine with the chemical formula OsCl3 .[1] [2]
Synthesis Osmium(III) chloride can be made by a reaction of chlorine with osmium:
2Os + 3Cl2 → 2OsCl3 It can also be made by heating of osmium(IV) chloride :
2OsCl4 → 2OsCl3 + Cl2
Physical properties Sample of commercial osmium trichloride trihydrate. Osmium(III) chloride forms black-brown crystals.[3]
Osmium(III) chloride forms a hydrate of the composition OsCl3 ·3H2 O with dark green crystals.[4]
Uses and reactions Osmium(III) chloride hydrate is used as a precursor material for the production of dichlorodihydridoosmium complex compounds and other compounds.[5]
It is the precursor to a variety of arene complexes.[6]
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