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Molybdenum(V) chloride

95%

Synonym(s):

Molybdenum pentachloride, Pentachloromolybdenum

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Linear Formula:
MoCl5
CAS Number:
10241-05-1
Molecular Weight:
273.21
MDL number:
MFCD00003467
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
PubChem Substance ID:
24852509
NACRES:
NA.23
grade:
for analytical purposes
form:
powder
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grade

for analytical purposes

Quality Level

100

vapor pressure

1.75 mmHg ( 25 °C)
131 mmHg ( 250 °C)

Assay

95%

form

powder

reaction suitability

reagent type: catalyst
core: molybdenum

impurities

<0.5% insoluble matter

bp

268 °C (lit.)

mp

194 °C (lit.)

density

2.928 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

application(s)

battery manufacturing

SMILES string

Cl[Mo](Cl)(Cl)(Cl)Cl

InChI

1S/5ClH.Mo/h5*1H;/q;;;;;+5/p-5

InChI key

GICWIDZXWJGTCI-UHFFFAOYSA-I

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General description

Molybdenum(V)chloride is a Lewis acid widely used as a catalyst and reagent in many organicreactions. It can be prepared by direct chlorination of molybdenum metal or byrefluxing thionyl chloride and MoO3.

Application

Molybdenum(V) chloride can be used as an efficient catalyst for:
  • Condensation of nitrobenzene with alcohols and C-C coupling of alkenyllithium reagents.
  • Direct amidation of benzylic alcohols with sulfonamides and carbamates.
It can be used for the chlorination of alkyl halides, alkenes, and alkynes.

It can also be used as aprecursor to synthesize alumina/molybdenum nanocomposites and methylenemolybdenumreagents for chemoselective carbonyl alkenation.

Pictograms

Health hazardCorrosion
GHS08,GHS05

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H314,H351

Hazard Classifications

Carc. 2 - Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Corr. 1B

Storage Class Code

8A - Combustible corrosive hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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MKCX2087
MKCV8080
MKCW1881

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H I Ogawa et al.
Mutation research, 320(1-2), 133-140 (1994-01-01)
A series of metal chlorides were subjected to the wing spot test of Drosophila melanogaster. In the test, larvae trans-heterozygous for the wing-hair mutations mwh and flr were orally treated at the third instar stage with a test compound and
Kristina Hackeloer et al.
Organic letters, 13(5), 916-919 (2011-02-02)
A domino sequence involving various MoCl(5)-mediated oxidations followed by trapping and supposed [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement provides a fast access to the full carbon skeleton of metasequirin-B. A variety of different moieties R(1) and R(2) are tolerated.
Kumar, S. Manickam, M.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England), 1615-1615 (1997)
Mladen Litvić et al.
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 22(11), 3676-3681 (2012-05-02)
Mo(VI) and Mo(V) salts both react selectively with Hantzsch esters to produce substitute pyridines in good-to-excellent yield (75-99%). The remarkable reactivity and selectivity of MoOCl(4) under reflux of acetonitrile and MoCl(5) in dichloromethane at room temperature encouraged us to propose
Simon Trosien et al.
Organic letters, 14(12), 2976-2979 (2012-06-05)
The strong oxidative power of molybdenum pentachloride gives rise to an efficient oxidative C-C bond formation of benzil derivatives to the corresponding 9,10-phenanthrenequinones. A highly complementary method to previous approaches was developed. The required derivatives are accessible in a modular

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