chromium(IV) chloride

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| Reference = {{cite book | last = Lide | first = David R. | year = 1998 | title = Handbook of Chemistry and Physics | edition = 87 | volume = | location = Boca Raton, Florida | publisher = CRC Press | isbn = 0-8493-0594-2 | pages = 4–53}}

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| CASNo = 15597-88-3

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| SMILES = [Cl-].[Cl-].[Cl-].[Cl-].[Cr+4]

| InChI = 1/4ClH.Cr/h4*1H;/q;;;;+4/p-4

| InChIKey = FVIAFAGQDQRRCD-XBHQNQODAT

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| StdInChI = 1S/4ClH.Cr/h4*1H;/q;;;;+4/p-4

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| StdInChIKey = FVIAFAGQDQRRCD-UHFFFAOYSA-J

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| Formula = {{chem2|CrCl4}}

| MolarMass = 193.807 g/mol

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Chromium(IV) chloride is an unstable compound of chromium and chlorine with the chemical formula {{chem2|CrCl4|auto=1}}. It is generated by combining chromium(III) chloride and chlorine gas at elevated temperatures, but reverts to those substances at room temperature.{{cite journal|title=Massenspektrometrische Untersuchungen der Gasphase über CrCl₃ und CrCl₃/Cl₂|author=Plies, V.|journal=Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie|year=1988|volume=556|pages=120–8|doi=10.1002/zaac.19885560112}}{{cite journal |author1=B. Cuoni |author2=F.P. Emmenegger |author3=C. Rohrbasser |author4=C.W. Schläpfer |author5=P. Studer |title=Raman spectrum and structure of chromiumtetrachloride (CrCl4) and chromiumtetrabromide (CrBr4) |journal=Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular Spectroscopy |date=1978 |volume=34 |issue=3 |pages=247-251 |doi=10.1016/0584-8539(78)80141-X |language=en}}