Tantalum(V) chloride, 99.8% trace metals basis

Synonyms: Tantalum pentachloride

CAS Number: 2126087

Formula: Cl5Ta

Formula Weight: 358.21

Linear Formula: TaCl5

MDL No.: MFCD00011253

Purity: 99.8% trace metals basis

Density: 3.68 g/mL at 25 C(lit.)

EC Number: 231-755-6

UNSPSC Code: 12352302

Application: 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. 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.