Zirconium perchlorate

Zirconium perchlorate
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
  • InChI=1S/4ClHO4.Zr/c4*2-1(3,4)5;/h4*(H,2,3,4,5);/q;;;;+4/p-4
    Key: MQGNWZLWQBTZJR-UHFFFAOYSA-J
  • [Zr](O[Cl](=O)(=O)=O)(O[Cl](=O)(=O)=O)(O[Cl](=O)(=O)=O)O[Cl](=O)(=O)=O
Properties
Cl4O16Zr
Molar mass 489.01 g·mol−1
Appearance white crystals,
deliquescent
Melting point 96 °C (205 °F; 369 K)
Boiling point decomposition
decomposition
Related compounds
Other anions
 Zirconium nitrate
Zirconyl perchlorate
Other cations
 Titanium perchlorate
Hafnium perchlorate
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Zirconium perchlorate is an inorganic compound with the formula Zr(ClO4)4. It is a hygroscopic colorless solid that sublimes in a vacuum at 70 °C. These properties show that the compound is covalently bonded molecule, rather than a salt.[1] It is an example of a transition metal perchlorate complex.[2]

  1. ^ Babaeva, V. N.; Rosolovskii, V. Ya. (March 1977). "Anhydrous zirconium perchlorate". Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR Division of Chemical Science. 26 (3): 445–449. doi:10.1007/BF01179439.
  2. ^ Pascal, Jean-Louis; Favier, Frédéric (1998). "Inorganic Perchlorato Complexes". Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 178–180: 865–902. doi:10.1016/S0010-8545(98)00102-7.