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Molybdenum(VI) chloride
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<h2 id="preparation-and-reactions">Preparation and reactions</h2> <p>Molybdenum(VI) chloride is prepared from the <a href="/facts/Molybdenum_hexafluoride/99vwmHAB">molybdenum hexafluoride</a> with excess <a href="/facts/Boron_trichloride/HaQpvtFa">boron trichloride</a>: </p> MoF6 + 3 BCl3 → MoCl6 + 3 BF2Cl <p>It is unstable at room temperature with respect to <a href="/facts/Molybdenum(V)_chloride/UjtdNXEY">molybdenum(V) chloride</a> and decomposition completes within several days: </p> 2 MoCl6 → [MoCl5]2 + Cl2 <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Tamadon, Farhad; Seppelt, K. (2012). "The Elusive Halides VCl5, MoCl6, and ReCl6". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52 (2): 767–769. doi:10.1002/anie.201207552. PMID 23172658. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Doi_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>