Sodium hexachloroosmate

Sodium hexachloroosmate
Identifiers
CAS Number	207683-17-8 (hydrate) ; 1307-81-9 (anhydrous) ;
3D model (JSmol)	monohydrate: Interactive image;
ECHA InfoCard	100.013.775
PubChem CID	monohydrate: 71311526;
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID50156687 ;
	InChI monohydrate: InChI=1S/6ClH.2Na.H2O.Os/h61H;;;1H2;/q;;;;;;2+1;;+4/p-6 Key: PQSWAUXOSHGRPF-UHFFFAOYSA-H;
	SMILES monohydrate: O.[Na+].[Na+].Cl[Os-2](Cl)(Cl)(Cl)(Cl)Cl;
Properties
Chemical formula	Cl6Na2Os
Molar mass	448.91 g·mol−1
Appearance	red solid
Density	3.221 g/cm3
	Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). Infobox references

Sodium hexachloroosmate is the inorganic compound with the formula Na₂OsCl₆. A red solid, it is the disodium salt of the osmium(VI) complex [OsCl₆]²⁻. The anion is an octahedral complex with Os-Cl distance of 2.325(3) Å, as established by X-ray crystallography.^[1] The compound can be prepared by reaction of a suspension of osmium metal in molten sodium chloride with chlorine:^[2]

Os + 2 NaCl + 2 Cl₂ → Na₂OsCl₆

Hexachloroosmate is paramagnetic, with a low-spin d² configuration.

References

^ Rudnitskaya, O. V.; Kultyshkina, E. K.; Dobrokhotova, E. V.; Tereshina, T. A.; Popova, A. S.; Zubavichus, Ya. V.; Khrustalev, V. N. (2019). "Crystal Structure of Na2[OsCl6]". Journal of Structural Chemistry. 60 (7): 1086–1090. doi:10.1134/S0022476619070096. S2CID 199474647.
^ H. L. Grube (1963). "Sodium Hexachloroosmate(VI)". In G. Brauer (ed.). Handbook of Preparative Inorganic Chemistry, 2nd Ed. Vol. 2pages=1602. NY, NY: Academic Press.

[1] Rudnitskaya, O. V.; Kultyshkina, E. K.; Dobrokhotova, E. V.; Tereshina, T. A.; Popova, A. S.; Zubavichus, Ya. V.; Khrustalev, V. N. (2019). "Crystal Structure of Na2[OsCl6]". Journal of Structural Chemistry. 60 (7): 1086–1090. doi:10.1134/S0022476619070096. S2CID 199474647.

[2] H. L. Grube (1963). "Sodium Hexachloroosmate(VI)". In G. Brauer (ed.). Handbook of Preparative Inorganic Chemistry, 2nd Ed. Vol. 2pages=1602. NY, NY: Academic Press.

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