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Inorganic chemical compound

Fe(Three) chloride

Iron(III) chloride (hydrate)
Iron(Iii) chloride (anhydrous)
Names
IUPAC names Fe(Three) chloride Iron trichloride
Other names Ferric chloride Molysite Flores martis
Identifiers
CAS Number	7705-08-0 Y 10025-77-1 (hexahydrate) Y 54862-84-9 (dihydrate) Y 64333-00-ii (iii.5hydrate)
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive paradigm
ChEBI	CHEBI:30808 Y
ChemSpider	22792 Y
ECHA InfoCard	100.028.846
EC Number	231-729-4
PubChem CID	24380
RTECS number	LJ9100000
UNII	U38V3ZVV3V Y 0I2XIN602U (hexahydrate) Y Y048945596 (dihydrate) Y
UN number	1773 (anhydrous) 2582 (aqueous solution)
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID8020622
InChI InChI=1S/3ClH.Fe/h3*1H;/q;;;+iii/p-3 Y Key: RBTARNINKXHZNM-UHFFFAOYSA-K Y InChI=1S/3ClH.Fe/h3*1H;/q;;;+3/p-3 Cardinal: RBTARNINKXHZNM-DFZHHIFOAF Key: RBTARNINKXHZNM-UHFFFAOYSA-Chiliad
SMILES Cl[Fe](Cl)Cl
Properties
Chemical formula	FeCliii
Molar mass	162.204m/mol (anhydrous) 270.295g/mol (hexahydrate)[one]
Appearance	Dark-green-black by reflected calorie-free; royal-red by transmitted light; xanthous solid as hexahydrate; chocolate-brown as aqueous solution
Odor	Slight HCl
Density	ii.ninetyg/cmiii (anhydrous) one.82k/cm3 (hexahydrate)[1]
Melting bespeak	307.half dozen °C (585.seven °F; 580.viii Thou) (anhydrous) 37 °C (99 °F; 310 M) (hexahydrate)[i]
Humid point	316 °C (601 °F; 589 K) (anhydrous, decomposes)[1] 280 °C (536 °F; 553 K) (hexahydrate, decomposes)
Solubility in water	912g/L (anhydrous or hexahydrate, 25°C)[1]
Solubility in Acetone Methanol Ethanol Diethyl ether[1]	630 one thousand/L (18 °C) Highly soluble 830 g/L Highly soluble
Magnetic susceptibility (χ)	+xiii,450·x−6 cm3/mol[2]
Viscosity	12 cP (40% solution)
Structure
Crystal structure	Hexagonal, hR24
Infinite group	R3, No. 148[3]
Lattice constant	a = 0.6065nm, b = 0.6065nm, c = 1.742nm α = xc°, β = 90°, γ = 120°
Formula units (Z)	6
Coordination geometry	Octahedral
Hazards[5] [half dozen] [Note ane]
GHS labelling:
Pictograms
Point discussion	Danger
Hazard statements	H290, H302, H314
Precautionary statements	P234, P260, P264, P270, P273, P280, P301+P312, P301+P330+P331, P303+P361+P353, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P310, P321, P363, P390, P405, P406, P501
NFPA 704 (fire diamond)	2
Flash signal	Non-flammable
NIOSH (United states health exposure limits):
REL (Recommended)	TWA onemg/m3 [4]
Safety data sheet (SDS)	ICSC 1499
Related compounds
Other anions	Iron(III) fluoride Iron(Iii) bromide
Other cations	Iron(2) chloride Manganese(Two) chloride Cobalt(II) chloride Ruthenium(Iii) chloride
Related coagulants	Iron(II) sulfate Polyaluminium chloride
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). Northverify (what is Y N  ?) Infobox references

Chemical compound

Iron(III) chloride
is the inorganic chemical compound with the formula
FeCl₃
. As well called
ferric chloride, information technology is a common compound of atomic number 26 in the +3 oxidation land. The anhydrous compound is a crystalline solid with a melting point of 307.6 °C. The color depends on the viewing angle: by reflected calorie-free the crystals announced nighttime greenish, only by transmitted low-cal they appear royal-red.

Structure and properties

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Anhydrous

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Anhydrous iron(Iii) chloride has the
BiI₃

structure, with octahedral Fe(Iii) centers interconnected by two-coordinate chloride ligands.^[3]

Iron(III) chloride has a relatively depression melting point and boils at around 315 °C. The vapor consists of the dimer
Iron₂Cl₆

(similar aluminium chloride) which increasingly dissociates into the monomeric
FeCl_three

(with D_3h
point group molecular symmetry) at college temperature, in competition with its reversible decomposition to requite fe(II) chloride and chlorine gas.^[8]

Hydrates

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In addition to the anhydrous material, ferric chloride forms four hydrates. All forms of fe(III) chloride feature two or more chlorides as ligands, and 3 hydrates feature
[FeCl₄]⁻
.^[9]

• dihydrate:
  FeCl_three·2H₂O
  has the structural formula
  trans–[FeCl₂(H₂O)₄][FeCl₄].
• FeCl_three·2.5H_iiO
  has the structural formula
  cis–[FeCl₂(H_iiO)_iv][FeCl₄]·H₂O.
• FeCl_iii·3.5H₂O
  has the structural formula
  cis–[FeCl₂(H_iiO)₄][FeCl₄]·3H₂O.
• hexahydrate:
  FeCl_three·6H_iiO
  has the structural formula
  trans–[FeCl₂(H₂O)₄]Cl·2H₂O.^[10]

Aqueous solution

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Aqueous solutions of ferric chloride are characteristically yellow, in contrast to the stake pinkish solutions of
[Atomic number 26(H₂O)₆]³⁺
. According to spectroscopic measurements, the main species in aqueous solutions of ferric chloride are the octahedral complex
[FeCl₂(H_twoO)₄]⁺

(stereochemistry unspecified) and the tetrahedral
[FeCl₄]⁻
.^[9]

Grooming

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Anhydrous iron(III) chloride may be prepared past treating iron with chlorine:^[11]

ii Fe + iii Cl₂
→ 2 FeCl_iii

Solutions of iron(3) chloride are produced industrially both from iron and from ore, in a closed-loop process.

1. Dissolving iron ore in muriatic acid

   Iron₃O_iv
   + eight HCl → FeCl₂
   + two FeCl_three
   + 4 H_twoO

2. Oxidation of iron(II) chloride with chlorine

   2 FeCl₂
   + Cl₂
   → 2 FeCl_iii
   

3. Oxidation of iron(Two) chloride with oxygen and hydrochloric acid

   4 FeCl₂
   + O_ii
   + 4 HCl → iv FeCl₃
   + ii H₂O

Heating hydrated atomic number 26(Iii) chloride does non yield anhydrous ferric chloride. Instead, the solid decomposes into hydrochloric acid and iron oxychloride. Hydrated atomic number 26(Iii) chloride can be converted to the anhydrous grade by treatment with thionyl chloride.^[12]
Similarly, dehydration can be effected with trimethylsilyl chloride:^[thirteen]

FeCl₃·6H₂O + 12 (CH₃)_iiiSiCl → FeCl_three
+ six ((CH_iii)₃Si)_iiO + 12 HCl

Reactions

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When dissolved in water, iron(III) chloride give a strongly acidic solution.^[xiv]
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When heated with fe(III) oxide at 350 °C, iron(3) chloride gives atomic number 26 oxychloride.^[xv]

FeCl₃
+ Atomic number 26₂O₃
→ 3FeOCl

The anhydrous salt is a moderately strong Lewis acid, forming adducts with Lewis bases such as triphenylphosphine oxide; e.g.,
FeCl₃(OPPh₃)₂

where Ph is phenyl. It also reacts with other chloride salts to give the yellow tetrahedral
[FeCl₄]⁻

ion. Salts of
[FeCl₄]⁻

in hydrochloric acid can be extracted into diethyl ether.

Redox reactions

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Fe(III) chloride is a mild oxidizing amanuensis, for example, information technology oxidizes copper(I) chloride to copper(Two) chloride.

FeCl₃
+ CuCl → FeCl_ii
+ CuCl_two

In a comproportionation reaction, it reacts with iron to course iron(II) chloride:

two FeCl₃
+ Fe → 3 FeCl_two

A traditional synthesis of anhydrous ferrous chloride is the reduction of FeCl_three
with chlorobenzene:^[16]

two FeCl_iii
+ C₆H₅Cl → 2 FeCl₂
+ C₆H_fourCl₂
+ HCl

With carboxylate anions

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Oxalates react rapidly with aqueous iron(III) chloride to give
[Fe(C_iiO₄)₃]³⁻
. Other carboxylate salts form complexes; e.thousand., citrate and tartrate.

With alkaline metal alkoxides

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Alkali metal alkoxides react to give the metal alkoxide complexes of varying complexity.^[17]
The compounds can exist dimeric or trimeric.^[18]
In the solid stage a variety of multinuclear complexes have been described for the nominal stoichiometric reaction betwixt
FeCl_three

and sodium ethoxide:^[19]
[xx]

FeCl₃
+ iii [CH₃CH₂O]⁻Na⁺
→ Fe(OCH₂CH₃)₃
+ three NaCl

With organometallic compounds

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Iron(III) chloride in ether solution oxidizes methyl lithium
LiCH₃

to give first light greenish yellow lithium tetrachloroferrate(3)
Li[FeCl_iv]
solution and so, with further improver of methyl lithium, lithium tetrachloroferrate(2)
Li₂[FeCl₄]:^[21]

2 FeCl₃
+ LiCH₃
→ FeCl_ii
+ Li[FeCl₄] + •CH₃

Li[FeCl₄] + LiCH₃
→ Li_two[FeCl₄] + •CH₃

The methyl radicals combine with themselves or react with other components to give generally ethane
C_iiH₆

and some marsh gas
CH₄
.

Uses

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Industrial

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Iron(III) chloride is used in sewage treatment and drinking water production as a coagulant and flocculant.^[22]
In this awarding,
FeCl₃

in slightly basic water reacts with the hydroxide ion (OH⁻
) to form a floc of atomic number 26(Iii) hydroxide (Fe(OH)₃
), too formulated equally FeO(OH) (ferrihydrite), that tin can remove suspended materials.

[Atomic number 26(H₂O)₆]³⁺
+ 4 OH⁻
→ [Fe(OH)₄(H₂O)₂]⁻
+ 4 H₂O → [FeO(OH)_ii(H₂O)]⁻
+ 6 H₂O

It is also used every bit a leaching agent in chloride hydrometallurgy,^[23]
for example in the product of Si from FeSi (Silgrain procedure by Elkem).^[24]

Another of import awarding of iron(Iii) chloride is etching copper in two-pace redox reaction to copper(I) chloride and then to copper(II) chloride in the product of printed circuit boards (PCB).^[25]

FeCl_iii
+ Cu → FeCl_two
+ CuCl

FeCl_three
+ CuCl → FeCl₂
+ CuCl₂

Atomic number 26(III) chloride is used equally catalyst for the reaction of ethylene with chlorine, forming ethylene dichloride (1,2-dichloroethane), an important article chemical, which is mainly used for the industrial production of vinyl chloride, the monomer for making PVC.

H₂C=CH₂
+ Cl₂
→ ClCH_iiCH₂Cl

Laboratory apply

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In the laboratory iron(Iii) chloride is commonly employed as a Lewis acid for catalyzing reactions such as chlorination of effluvious compounds and Friedel–Crafts reaction of aromatics.^{[
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It is less powerful than aluminum chloride, merely in some cases this mildness leads to higher yields, for case in the alkylation of benzene:

The ferric chloride test is a traditional colorimetric examination for phenols, which uses a 1% iron(III) chloride solution that has been neutralized with sodium hydroxide until a slight precipitate of FeO(OH) is formed.^[26]
The mixture is filtered before use. The organic substance is dissolved in water, methanol or ethanol, and so the neutralized iron(III) chloride solution is added—a transient or permanent coloration (usually royal, green or blue) indicates the presence of a phenol or enol.

This reaction is exploited in the Trinder spot exam, which is used to indicate the presence of salicylates, particularly salicylic acid, which contains a phenolic OH group.

This test can be used to notice the presence of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid and gamma-butyrolactone,^[27]
which crusade it to turn red-dark-brown.

Other uses

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• Used in anhydrous class as a drying reagent in certain reactions.
• Used to detect the presence of phenol compounds in organic synthesis; e.chiliad., examining purity of synthesized Aspirin.
• Used in water and wastewater treatment to precipitate phosphate as iron(Iii) phosphate.
• Used in wastewater treatment for odour control.
• Used by American coin collectors to place the dates of Buffalo nickels that are so badly worn that the appointment is no longer visible.
• Used by bladesmiths and artisans in pattern welding to etch the metal, giving it a contrasting effect, to view metal layering or imperfections.
• Used to etch the widmanstatten pattern in fe meteorites.
• Necessary for the carving of photogravure plates for printing photographic and fine art images in intaglio and for carving rotogravure cylinders used in the press manufacture.
• Used to brand printed excursion boards (PCBs) by etching copper.
• Used to strip aluminum coating from mirrors.
• Used to etch intricate medical devices.
• Used in veterinary practice to treat overcropping of an animal’s claws, particularly when the overcropping results in bleeding.
• Reacts with cyclopentadienylmagnesium bromide in ane grooming of ferrocene, a metal-sandwich complex.^[28]
• Sometimes used in a technique of Raku ware firing, the iron coloring a pottery piece shades of pink, brown, and orange.
• Used to test the pitting and cleft corrosion resistance of stainless steels and other alloys.
• Used in conjunction with NaI in acetonitrile to mildly reduce organic azides to chief amines.^[29]
• Used in an animal thrombosis model.^[30]
• Used in an experimental energy storage systems.^[31]
• Historically information technology was used to make straight positive blueprints.^{[32]
  [33]}
• A component of modified Carnoy’s solution used for surgical treatment of keratocystic odontogenic tumor (KOT).
• Used equally an additive to sodium chloride (NaCl) to produce clear crystals.

Safety

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Iron(III) chloride is harmful, highly corrosive and acidic. The anhydrous fabric is a powerful dehydrating agent.

Although reports of poisoning in humans are rare, ingestion of ferric chloride can result in serious morbidity and mortality. Inappropriate labeling and storage pb to accidental swallowing or misdiagnosis. Early on diagnosis is important, especially in seriously poisoned patients.

Natural occurrence

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The natural analogue of
FeCl₃

is the rare mineral
molysite, normally related to volcanic and other-blazon fumaroles.^[34]
[35]

FeCl_three

is also produced as an atmospheric table salt droplets by reaction between iron-rich dust and hydrochloric acrid from bounding main salt. This iron salt aerosol causes most v% of naturally-occurring oxidization of methane and is thought to accept a range of cooling effects.^[36]

The temper of the planet Venus is approximately 1%
FeCl₃
.^[37]
[38]

Encounter too

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• Verhoeff’s stain
• Ferrosilicon

Notes

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References

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Further reading

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1. Lide DR, ed. (1990).
   CRC Handbook of Chemical science and Physics
   (71st ed.). Ann Arbor, MI, The states: CRC Press. ISBN9780849304712.
   
2. Stecher PG, Finkel MJ, Siegmund OH, eds. (1960).
   The Merck Index of Chemicals and Drugs
   (7th ed.). Rahway, NJ, USA: Merck & Co.
   
3. Nicholls D (1974).
   Complexes and First-Row Transition Elements, Macmillan Press, London, 1973. A Macmillan chemistry text. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN9780333170885.
   
4. Wells AF (1984).
   Structural Inorganic Chemistry. Oxford scientific discipline publications (5th ed.). Oxford, Great britain: Oxford University Press. ISBN9780198553700.
   
5. March J (1992).
   Advanced Organic Chemistry
   (quaternary ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. pp. 723. ISBN9780471581482.
   
6. Reich HJ, Rigby HJ, eds. (1999).
   Acidic and Bones Reagents. Handbook of Reagents for Organic Synthesis. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN9780471979258.