vanadium(II) chloride

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| Name = Vanadium(II) chloride

| ImageFileL1 = VCl2-layer-in-xtal-1959-3D-balls.png

| ImageNameL1 = Plan view of a single layer in the crystal structure of vanadium(II) chloride

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| ImageFileR1 = VCl2-xtal-1959-3D-balls.png

| ImageNameR1 = Layer stacking in the crystal structure of vanadium(II) chloride

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| IUPACName = Vanadium(II) chloride

| OtherNames = Vanadous chloride

|Section1={{Chembox Identifiers

| CASNo_Ref = {{cascite|correct|CAS}}

| CASNo = 10580-52-6

| UNII_Ref = {{fdacite|correct|FDA}}

| UNII = 5V2RJ2EWG4

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| ChemSpiderID = 59733

| EC_number = 234-176-7

| PubChem = 66355

| RTECS = YW1575000

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

| InChIKey = ITAKKORXEUJTBC-NUQVWONBAZ

| SMILES = Cl[V]Cl

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

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| StdInChIKey = ITAKKORXEUJTBC-UHFFFAOYSA-L

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|Section2={{Chembox Properties

| Formula = VCl₂

| MolarMass = 121.847 g/mol

| Appearance = pale green solid

| Density = 3.230 g/cm³

| Solubility = soluble

| MeltingPtC = 1027

| BoilingPtC = 1506

| MagSus = +2410.0·10⁻⁶ cm³/mol

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|Section3={{Chembox Structure

| Coordination = octahedral

| CrystalStruct = CdI₂

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|Section7={{Chembox Hazards

| ExternalSDS =

| MainHazards = Reacts with oxygen rapidly

| GHS_ref={{cite web |title=Vanadium dichloride |url=https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/66355#section=Safety-and-Hazards |website=pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov |access-date=12 December 2021 |language=en}}

| GHSPictograms = {{GHS05}}{{GHS07}}

| GHSSignalWord = Danger

| HPhrases = {{H-phrases|302|314}}

| PPhrases = {{P-phrases|260|264|270|280|301+312|301+330+331|303+361+353|304+340|305+351+338|310|330|363|405}}

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|Section8={{Chembox Related

| OtherAnions = vanadium(II) fluoride,
vanadium(II) bromide,
vanadium(II) iodide

| OtherCations = titanium(II) chloride, chromium(II) chloride

| OtherCompounds = vanadium(III) chloride

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Vanadium(II) chloride is the inorganic compound with the formula VCl₂, and is the most reduced vanadium chloride. Vanadium(II) chloride is an apple-green solid that dissolves in water to give purple solutions.