Tantalum(V) chloride

Tantalum(V) chloride
What is Tantalum(V) chloride?
Tantalum(V) chloride is a chemical compound with CAS number 7721-01-9. It is used in various industrial and research applications.
Applications
Used to form mixed chloro-aryloxide compounds, such as [Ta(OC6H3-2,6-i-Pr2)2Cl3]2, which form pyridine or phosphine adducts with a distorted six-coordinate geometry.1 Also used as a starting material for new edge-bridged octahedral M6 cluster compounds such as CsErTa6Cl18, for which electron and stability studies were performed.2
Specifications
TaCl5
358.21 g/mol
99.99% trace metals basis
3.68 g/mL at 25 °C(lit.)
Safety Information
GHS05
GHS07Danger
H302-H314
P280-P305 + P351 + P338-P310
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