Molybdenum(III) chloride

Names

[ Name ]:
Molybdenum(III) chloride

[Synonym ]:
trichloromolybdenum
Molybdenum(III) chloride
MoCl3
MFCD00014214
molybdenum trichloride
EINECS 236-775-9
Molybdenum(3+) trichloride
trichloridomolybdenum

Chemical & Physical Properties

[ Density]:
3.58 g/mL at 25 °C(lit.)

[ Melting Point ]:
1027°C

[ Molecular Formula ]:
Cl₃Mo

[ Molecular Weight ]:
202.299

[ Exact Mass ]:
202.811966

[ LogP ]:
2.06850

[ Appearance of Characters ]:
Powder | Dark red

[ Vapour Pressure ]:
33900mmHg at 25°C

[ Water Solubility ]:
H2O: insoluble(lit.) | Soluble in nitric acid and sulfuric acid. Insoluble in water and dilute hydrochloric acid. Slightly soluble in ethanol and diethyl ether.

MSDS

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Toxicological Information

CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION

RTECS NUMBER :: QA4681400

CHEMICAL NAME :: Molybdenum chloride (MoCl3)

CAS REGISTRY NUMBER :: 13478-18-7

LAST UPDATED :: 199707

DATA ITEMS CITED :: 2

MOLECULAR FORMULA :: Cl3-Mo

MOLECULAR WEIGHT :: 202.29

HEALTH HAZARD DATA

ACUTE TOXICITY DATA

MUTATION DATA

TEST SYSTEM :: Insect - Drosophila melanogaster

DOSE/DURATION :: 10 mmol/L

REFERENCE :: MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964- Volume(issue)/page/year: 320,133,1994

Safety Information

[ Symbol ]:

GHS07

[ Signal Word ]:
Warning

[ Hazard Statements ]:
H315-H319-H335

[ Precautionary Statements ]:
P261-P305 + P351 + P338

[ Personal Protective Equipment ]:
dust mask type N95 (US);Eyeshields;Gloves

[ Hazard Codes ]:
Xi: Irritant;

[ Risk Phrases ]:
R36/37/38

[ Safety Phrases ]:
S26;S37/S39

[ RIDADR ]:
UN3260

[ WGK Germany ]:
3

[ RTECS ]:
QA4681400

[ Packaging Group ]:
III

[ Hazard Class ]:
8

Synthetic Route

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Precursor & DownStream

Precursor

DownStream

Articles

Synthesis of highly functionalized 9,10-phenanthrenequinones by oxidative coupling using MoCl5.

Org. Lett. 14(12) , 2976-9, (2012)

The strong oxidative power of molybdenum pentachloride gives rise to an efficient oxidative C-C bond formation of benzil derivatives to the corresponding 9,10-phenanthrenequinones. A highly complement...

Genotoxic activities in vivo of cobaltous chloride and other metal chlorides as assayed in the Drosophila wing spot test.

Mutat. Res. 320(1-2) , 133-40, (1994)

A series of metal chlorides were subjected to the wing spot test of Drosophila melanogaster. In the test, larvae trans-heterozygous for the wing-hair mutations mwh and flr were orally treated at the t...

Novel domino oxidative coupling: C-C bond formation sequence to highly functionalized dibenzo[a,c]cycloheptenes.

Org. Lett. 13(5) , 916-9, (2011)

A domino sequence involving various MoCl(5)-mediated oxidations followed by trapping and supposed [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement provides a fast access to the full carbon skeleton of metasequirin-B. ...