Characteristic

Vanadium trichloride is the inorganic compound with the formula VCl₃. This purple salt is a common precursor to other vanadium(III) complexes.

Chemical formula：VCl₃

Molar mass：157.30 g/mol

Appearance：violet crystals  paramagnetic

Density：3.0 g/cm³ (20 °C)

Melting point：> 300 °C (572 °F; 573 K) (decomposes)

Solubility in water：soluble

Magnetic susceptibility (χ)：+3030.0·10⁻⁶ cm³/mol

Crystal structure：Trigonal, hR24

Application

Vanadium chloride can be used to prepare strong reducing agent vanadium dichloride and organic vanadium compound, used as catalyst for organic synthesis and reagent for testing opium.

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