Platinum(IV) chloride

Platinum(IV) chloride
Platinum(IV) chloride
Names
IUPAC name
Platinum tetrachloride
Other names
Platinum(IV) chloride
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.033.300 Edit this at Wikidata
EC Number
  • 236-645-1
RTECS number
  • TP2275500
UNII
  • InChI=1/4ClH.2Pt/h4*1H;;/q;;;;2*+2/p-4
    Key: KBPRWZWTZAMEIF-XBHQNQODAX
  • ionic monomer: [Pt+4].[Cl-].[Cl-].[Cl-].[Cl-]
  • coordination monomer: Cl[Pt](Cl)(Cl)Cl
  • coordination polymer: Cl[Pt-]1(Cl)(Cl)(Cl)[Cl+][Pt-2]2([Cl+]1)(Cl)(Cl)[Cl+][Pt-2]1([Cl+]2)(Cl)(Cl)[Cl+][Pt-2]2([Cl+]1)(Cl)(Cl)[Cl+][Pt-2]1([Cl+]2)(Cl)(Cl)[Cl+][Pt-2]2([Cl+]1)(Cl)(Cl)[Cl+][Pt-2]1([Cl+]2)(Cl)(Cl)[Cl+][Pt-2]2([Cl+]1)(Cl)(Cl)[Cl+][Pt-2]1([Cl+]2)(Cl)(Cl)[Cl+][Pt-]([Cl+]1)(Cl)(Cl)(Cl)Cl
Properties
PtCl4
Molar mass 336.89 g/mol
Appearance brown-red powder
Density 4.303 g/cm3 (anhydrous)
2.43 g/cm3 (pentahydrate)
Melting point 370 °C (698 °F; 643 K) (decomposes)
58.7 g/100 mL (anhydrous)
very soluble (pentahydrate)
Solubility anhydrous
soluble in acetone
slightly soluble in ethanol
insoluble in ether
pentahydrate
soluble in alcohol, ether
−93.0·10−6 cm3/mol
Structure
Square planar
Hazards
GHS labelling:[1]
GHS05: CorrosiveGHS06: ToxicGHS07: Exclamation markGHS08: Health hazard
Danger
H290, H301, H314, H317, H334
P234, P260, P261, P264, P270, P272, P280, P285, P301+P310, P301+P330+P331, P302+P352, P303+P361+P353, P304+P340, P304+P341, P305+P351+P338, P310, P321, P330, P333+P313, P342+P311, P363, P390, P404, P405, P501
Lethal dose or concentration (LD, LC):
276 mg/kg (rat, oral)
Related compounds
Other anions
Platinum(IV) bromide
Platinum(IV) fluoride
Platinum(IV) sulfide
Other cations
Iridium(IV) chloride
Related compounds
Platinum(II) chloride
Platinum(VI) fluoride
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Platinum(IV) chloride is the inorganic compound of platinum and chlorine with the empirical formula PtCl4. This brown solid features platinum in the 4+ oxidation state.

  1. ^ "Platinum tetrachloride". pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 27 December 2021.