Molybdenum oxytetrachloride

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| Name = Molybdenum(VI) oxytetrachloride

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|Section1={{Chembox Identifiers

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| CASNo = 13814-75-0

| ChEBI = 30698

| ChemSpiderID = 19060258

| EINECS = 628-149-2

| PubChem = 4084870

| PubChem_Comment = (formula error)

| InChI = 1S/4ClH.O.Mo/h4*1H;;/q;;;;-2;/p-4

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| SMILES = [O-2].[Cl-].[Cl-].[Cl-].[Cl-].[Mo]

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|Section2={{Chembox Properties

| Formula = {{chem2|MoOCl4}}

| Mo=1|O=1|Cl=4

| Appearance = dark green solid

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| MeltingPtC = 100-101

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| Solubility = reacts

| SolubleOther = soluble in benzene and carbon disulfide

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| Section9 = {{Chembox Related

| OtherAnions = Molybdenum oxytetrafluoride

| OtherCations = Tungsten oxytetrachloride

| OtherCompounds = Molybdenum dichloride dioxide

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Molybdenum oxytetrachloride is the inorganic compound with the formula {{chem2|MoOCl4|auto=1}}. This thermally unstable, dark green solid is used to prepare other complexes of molybdenum. Its molecule adopts a square pyramidal molecular geometry of C_4v symmetry. As for other Mo(VI) compounds, it is diamagnetic. It decomposes thermally to Molybdenum oxytrichloride.