Samarium(II) chloride

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| Name = Samarium(II) chloride

| ImageFile = Cotunnite structure.png

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| ImageName = Samarium(I) chloride

| IUPACName = Samarium(I) chloride

| OtherNames = Samarium dichloride

|Section1={{Chembox Identifiers

| ChemSpiderID_Ref = {{chemspidercite|correct|chemspider}}

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| EINECS = 237-631-8

| PubChem = 6393953

| InChI = 1/2ClH.Sm/h2*1H;/q;;+2/p-2

| InChIKey = VPRJMFJPKMESHB-NUQVWONBAS

| SMILES = Cl[Sm]Cl

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| StdInChI = 1S/2ClH.Sm/h2*1H;/q;;+2/p-2

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| StdInChIKey = VPRJMFJPKMESHB-UHFFFAOYSA-L

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| CASNo = 13874-75-4

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|Section2={{Chembox Properties

| Formula = SmCl₂

| MolarMass = 221.27 g/mol

| Appearance = dark brown crystals{{Cite book|last1=Brauer|first1=Georg|title=Handbuch der Präparativen Anorganischen Chemie, Band I.|last2=Baudler|first2=Marianne|publisher=Ferdinand Enke|year=1975|isbn=3-432-02328-6|edition=3rd|location=Stuttgart|pages=}}

| Density = 3.69 g/cm³, solid

| Solubility = ?

| MeltingPtC = 855

| BoilingPtC = 1310

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|Section3={{Chembox Structure

| CrystalStruct = Orthorhombic

| SpaceGroup = Pbnm, No. 62{{cite journal |last1=Meyer|first1=Gerd|last2=Schleid|first2=Thomas|date=1986-02-01|title=The metallothermic reduction of several rare-earth trichlorides with lithium and sodium|journal=Journal of the Less Common Metals|volume=116|issue=1|pages=187–197|doi=10.1016/0022-5088(86)90228-6}}

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|Section8={{Chembox Related

| OtherAnions = Samarium(II) bromide
Samarium(II) iodide

| OtherCations = Samarium(III) chloride

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Samarium(II) chloride (SmCl₂) is a chemical compound, used as a radical generating agent in the ketone-mediated intraannulation reaction.