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Selenium Tetrachloride, SeCl4
Selenium Tetrachloride, SeCl4, may be obtained as follows:
The tetrachloride may be purified by recrystallisation from phosphorus oxychloride, from which it separates as cubical crystals. It is practically insoluble in carbon disulphide, which can therefore be used to remove any monochloride present. The heat of formation of the tetrachloride from chlorine and amorphous selenium is 46.1 Calories. Water decomposes the tetrachloride, forming the dioxide, SeCl4 + 2H2O = SeO2 + 4HCl, but if the quantity of water is very small, the oxychloride, SeOCl2, is obtained. The action of dry ammonia on a suspension of the tetrachloride in carbon disulphide gives ammonium chloride and the very explosive orange-yellow amorphous solid nitrogen selenide, N4Se4. Excess of phosphorus displaces the selenium from the tetrachloride with the formation of phosphorus trichloride. When copper is heated with the tetrachloride at 105° C. in an evacuated tube, the reaction proceeds according to the equations: (1) 2SeCl4 + 3Cu = 3CuCl2 + Se2Cl2, (2) Se2Cl2 + 5Cu = 2Cu2Se + CuCl2, and, if the chloride is present in excess, (3) 2Cu2Se + 4Se2Cl2 = 4CuCl2 + 10Se. |
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