Selenium dichloride

Selenium dichloride is the inorganic compound with the formula SeCl2. It forms red-brown solutions in ethers. Selenium dichloride has been prepared by treating gray selenium with sulfuryl chloride. Adducts of selenium dichloride with thioethers and thioureas are well characterized. Related complexes of tellurium dichloride are known.

Selenium dichloride
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
UNII
  • InChI=1S/Cl2Se/c1-3-2
    Key: SWAKCLHCWHYEOW-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • Cl[Se]Cl
Properties
Cl2Se
Molar mass 149.87 g·mol−1
Related compounds
Other anions
Selenium dibromide, SeBr2
Other cations
Sulfur dichloride, SCl2
Tellurium dichloride, TeCl2
Polonium dichloride, PoCl2
Related compounds
Selenium tetrachloride, SeCl4
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Infobox references

Solutions of selenium dichloride are unstable at room temperature, forming selenium monochloride after several minutes at room temperature:

3 SeCl2 → Se2Cl2 + SeCl4
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