Zirconium tetrachloride revisited

Borjas Nevarez, Rosendo; Balasekaran, Samundeeswari Mariappan; Kim, Eunja; Weck, Philippe; Poineau, Frederic

doi:10.1107/S205322961800219X

Title: Zirconium tetrachloride revisited

Abstract

We present that zirconium tetrachloride, ZrCl₄, is a strategic material with wide-ranging applications. Until now, only one crystallographic study on ZrCl₄has been reported [Krebs (1970).Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem.378, 263–272] and that was more than 40 years ago. The compound used for the previous determination was prepared from ZrO₂ and Cl₂–CCl₄, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction (SCXRD) studies on ZrCl₄ obtained from Zr metal have not yet been reported. In this context, we prepared ZrCl₄ from the reaction of Zr metal and Cl₂ gas in a sealed tube and investigated its structure at 100, 150, 200, 250, and 300 K. At 300 K, the SCXRD analysis indicates that ZrCl₄ crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pca2₁ [a= 6.262 (9),b= 7.402 (11),c= 12.039 (17) Å, andV= 558.0 (14) Å³] and consists of infinite zigzag chains of edge-sharing ZrCl₆ octahedra. This chain motif is similar to that observed previously in ZrCl₄, but the structural parameters and space group differ. Finally, in the temperature range 100–300 K, no phase transformation was identified, while elongation of intra-chain Zr...Zr [3.950 (1) Å at 100 K and 3.968 (5) Å at 300 K] and inter-chain Cl...Cl [3.630 (3) Å at 100 K and 3.687 (9) Å at 300more » K] distances occurred.« less

Authors:

Borjas Nevarez, Rosendo ^[1]; Balasekaran, Samundeeswari Mariappan ^[1];

^[2]; Weck, Philippe ^[3]; Poineau, Frederic ^[1]

Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV (United States). Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV (United States). Department of Physics and Astronomy
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Publication Date:: 2018-02-19

Research Org.:: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE), Fuel Cycle Technologies (NE-5); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

OSTI Identifier:: 1429669

Report Number(s):: SAND-2017-11627J
Journal ID: ISSN 2053-2296; ACSCGG; 658195

Grant/Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000; NE0008449; NA0003525

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Acta Crystallographica. Section C, Structural Chemistry (Online)

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Acta Crystallographica. Section C, Structural Chemistry (Online); Journal Volume: 74; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 2053-2296

Publisher:: International Union of Crystallography

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; zirconium tetrachloride; crystal structure; chain motif; temperature study

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                    Borjas Nevarez, Rosendo, Balasekaran, Samundeeswari Mariappan, Kim, Eunja, Weck, Philippe, and Poineau, Frederic. Zirconium tetrachloride revisited.  United States: N. p., 2018. 
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                    Borjas Nevarez, Rosendo, Balasekaran, Samundeeswari Mariappan, Kim, Eunja, Weck, Philippe, & Poineau, Frederic. Zirconium tetrachloride revisited.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1107/S205322961800219X

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                    Borjas Nevarez, Rosendo, Balasekaran, Samundeeswari Mariappan, Kim, Eunja, Weck, Philippe, and Poineau, Frederic. Mon .  
"Zirconium tetrachloride revisited".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1107/S205322961800219X.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1429669.

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@article{osti_1429669,

  title        = {Zirconium tetrachloride revisited},

  author       = {Borjas Nevarez, Rosendo and Balasekaran, Samundeeswari Mariappan and Kim, Eunja and Weck, Philippe and Poineau, Frederic},

  abstractNote = {We present that zirconium tetrachloride, ZrCl4, is a strategic material with wide-ranging applications. Until now, only one crystallographic study on ZrCl4has been reported [Krebs (1970).Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem.378, 263–272] and that was more than 40 years ago. The compound used for the previous determination was prepared from ZrO2 and Cl2–CCl4, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction (SCXRD) studies on ZrCl4 obtained from Zr metal have not yet been reported. In this context, we prepared ZrCl4 from the reaction of Zr metal and Cl2 gas in a sealed tube and investigated its structure at 100, 150, 200, 250, and 300 K. At 300 K, the SCXRD analysis indicates that ZrCl4 crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pca21 [a= 6.262 (9),b= 7.402 (11),c= 12.039 (17) Å, andV= 558.0 (14) Å3] and consists of infinite zigzag chains of edge-sharing ZrCl6 octahedra. This chain motif is similar to that observed previously in ZrCl4, but the structural parameters and space group differ. Finally, in the temperature range 100–300 K, no phase transformation was identified, while elongation of intra-chain Zr...Zr [3.950 (1) Å at 100 K and 3.968 (5) Å at 300 K] and inter-chain Cl...Cl [3.630 (3) Å at 100 K and 3.687 (9) Å at 300 K] distances occurred.},

  doi          = {10.1107/S205322961800219X},

  journal      = {Acta Crystallographica. Section C, Structural Chemistry (Online)},

  number       = 3,

  volume       = 74,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2018},

  month        = {2}

}

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Zirconium recovery from zircaloy shavings journal, July 1996

Zirconium Tetrachloride journal, January 2003

Process Development Studies for Zirconium Recovery/Recycle from used Nuclear Fuel Cladding journal, January 2012

The Crystal Structure of Technetium (IV) Chloride. A New AB 4 Structure journal, July 1966

Untersuchungen über die Zirkonerde journal, January 1844

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Technetium Tetrachloride Revisited: A Precursor to Lower-Valent Binary Technetium Chlorides journal, July 2012

Comparison of silver and molybdenum microfocus X-ray sources for single-crystal structure determination journal, January 2015

The Crystal Structure of Zirconium(IV) Chloride: A New AB4-type Structure journal, February 1969

Die Kristallstruktur von Zirkoniumtetrachlorid journal, December 1970

ZrCl4-catalyzed X–C/C–C bond formation for the geometric selective synthesis of (E)-β-iodo aza Morita–Baylis–Hillman (MBH) adducts journal, October 2006

The selective catalytic oxidation of methane to methyl bisulfate at ambient pressure journal, December 2007

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