Tantalum(V) chloride
ALDRICH/218634 - 99.8% trace metals basis
Synonym: Tantalum pentachloride
CAS Number: 7721-01-9
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): Cl5Ta
Molecular Weight: 358.21
EC Number: 231-755-6
MDL Number: MFCD00011253
Linear Formula: TaCl5
Product Type: Chemical
| assay | 99.8% trace metals basis |
| density | 3.68 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.) |
| form | powder |
| impurities | ≤2500.0 ppm Trace Metal Analysis |
| InChI | 1S/5ClH.Ta/h5*1H;/q;;;;;+ |
| InChI key | OEIMLTQPLAGXMX-UHFFFAOYSA |
| Quality Level | 200 ![]() |
| reaction suitability | core: tantalum |
| reagent type: catalyst | |
| SMILES string | Cl[Ta](Cl)(Cl)(Cl)Cl |
| Application: | Used to form mixed chloro-aryloxide compounds, such as [Ta(OC6H3-2,6-i-Pr2)2Cl3]2, which form pyridine or phosphine adducts with a distorted six-coordinate geometry. Also used as a starting material for new edge-bridged octahedral M6 cluster compounds such as CsErTa6Cl18, for which electron and stability studies were performed. |
| Packaging: | 5, 25, 100 g in glass bottle |
| Symbol | ![]() GHS05,GHS07 |
| Signal word | Danger |
| Hazard statements | H302 - H314 |
| Precautionary statements | P280 - P305 + P351 + P338 - P310 |
| Hazard Codes | C |
| Risk Statements | 22-34 |
| Safety Statements | 26-36/37/39-45 |
| RIDADR | UN 3260 8 / PGII |
| WGK Germany | WGK 3 |
| Flash Point(F) | Not applicable |
| Flash Point(C) | Not applicable |
| Purity | 99.8% trace metals basis |
| Density | 3.68 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.) |
| UNSPSC | 12352302 |



