Appearance golden yellow liquid or crystals. Related compounds | ||
Vanadyl perchlorate or vanadyl triperchlorate is a golden yellow coloured liquid or crystalline compound of vanadium, oxygen and perchlorate group. The substance consists of molecules covalently bound and is quite volatile.
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Formation
Vanadyl perchlorate can be made by reacting vanadium pentoxide with dichlorine heptoxide at 5°C. It is purified by distillation under a vacuum and recrystallisation at 21°C.
The reaction of barium perchlorate with vanadyl sulfate solution yields a vanadyl perchlorate solution.
A solution of vanadium(V) perchlorate can be made by dissolving vanadium pentoxide in perchloric acid. Pervanadyl perchlorate also known as dioxovanadium perchlorate contains VO2+ ions.
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Other perchlorates include vanadyl diperchlorate, oxovanadium perchlorate or vanadium(IV) perchlorate VO(ClO4)2 which dissolves in water. Vanadic perchlorate also known as Vanadium(III) perchlorate solution in water is a green-tinged blue colour, significantly different to most other V(III) solutions, which are complexed.