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| Name = Tungsten(VI) oxytetrachloride | verifiedrevid = 433813730
| Name = Tungsten(VI) oxytetrachloride
| ImageFile = WOCl4.png | ImageFile1 = WOCl4.png
| ImageSize = 160px | ImageSize1 = 160px
| ImageFile2 = WOCl4.jpg
| ImageName = Tungsten oxytetrachloride
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| ImageName = Tungsten oxytetrachloride
| Section1 = {{Chembox Identifiers
| OtherNames = Tungsten(IV) chloride oxide
| CASNo = 13520-78-0
|Section1={{Chembox Identifiers
| CASNo_Ref = {{cascite|correct|??}}
| CASNo = 13520-78-0
| ChemSpiderID = 21171360
| EC_number = 236-863-7
| PubChem = 19596810
| InChI = 1S/4ClH.O.W/h4*1H;;/q;;;;;+4/p-4
| InChIKey =LQNAFXBTXJHEAX-UHFFFAOYSA-J
| SMILES = O=(Cl)(Cl)(Cl)Cl
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| Section2 = {{Chembox Properties |Section2={{Chembox Properties
| Formula = WOCl<sub>4</sub> | Formula = WOCl<sub>4</sub>
| MolarMass = 341.65 g/mol | MolarMass = 341.651 g/mol
| Appearance = red crystals | Appearance = red crystals
| Density = 11.92 g/cm³, solid | Density = 11.92 g/cm<sup>3</sup>
| MeltingPt = 211 °C | MeltingPtC = 211
| BoilingPt = 227.55 °C | BoilingPtC = 227.55
| Solubility = reacts | Solubility = reacts
| SolubleOther = soluble in ] and ]
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|Section7={{Chembox Hazards
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| GHSPictograms = {{GHS07}}
| GHSSignalWord = Warning
| HPhrases = {{H-phrases|315|319|335}}
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| 131.714 J/g
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'''Tungsten(VI) oxytetrachloride''' is the ] with the ] ]]]. This diamagnetic solid is used to prepare other ] of tungsten. The orange-coloured compound is soluble in nonpolar solvents but it reacts with alcohols and water and forms ]s with Lewis bases. The solid consists of weakly associated square pyramidal monomers. '''Tungsten(VI) oxytetrachloride''' is the ] with the ] ]]]. This diamagnetic solid is used to prepare other ] of tungsten. The red crystalline compound is soluble in nonpolar solvents but it reacts with alcohols and water and forms ]s with Lewis bases.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}


==Structure==
WOCl<sub>4</sub> is prepared from ]:<ref>{{cite journal | isbn = 0-471-81873-9 | author = Nielson, A. J. | title = Inorganic Syntheses | journal = ] | year = 1985 | volume = 23 | pages = 195–198 | publisher = Wiley | location = New York | doi = 10.1002/9780470132548.ch41 | last2 = Andersen | first2 = R. A. | chapter = Tungsten and Molybdenum Tetrachloride Oxides | series = Inorganic Syntheses}}</ref>
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:WO<sub>3</sub> + 2 ] → WOCl<sub>4</sub> + 2 ]
The solid consists of weakly associated square pyramidal monomers.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Hess | first1 = H. | last2 = Hartung | first2 = H. | year = 1966 | title = Die Kristallstruktur von Wolframoxidchlorid WOCl<sub>4</sub> und Wolframoxidbromid WOBr<sub>4</sub> | journal = Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. | volume = 34 | issue = 3–4| pages = 157–166 | doi =10.1002/zaac.19663440306}}</ref> The compound is classified as an ].

==Synthesis and reactions==
WOCl<sub>4</sub> is prepared from ]:<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Nielson | first1 = A. J. | chapter = Tungsten and Molybdenum Tetrachloride Oxides | title = Inorganic Syntheses |series=<!--Inorganic Syntheses--> | volume = 23 | pages = 195–198| doi =10.1002/9780470132548.ch41 | date = 2007 | isbn = 9780470132548 }}</ref>
:WO<sub>3</sub> + 2 ] → WOCl<sub>4</sub> + 2 ]
:WCl<sub>6</sub> + (Me<sub>3</sub>Si)<sub>2</sub>O → WOCl<sub>4</sub> + 2 Me<sub>3</sub>SiCl
It is "difficult to prepare by other means."<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/cftri.2662nonaqueoussolven0000ludw/page/224/|page=224|title=Non-aqueous solvents|first1=Ludwig&nbsp;F.|last1=Audrieth|first2=Jacob|last2=Kleinberg|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|location=New York|year=1953|lccn=52-12057}}</ref>

WOCl<sub>4</sub> is Lewis acidic. It is a precursor to catalysts used for polymerization of ]s.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Hayano | first1 = S. | last2 = Masuda | first2 = T. | year = 1999 | title = Living Polymerization of acetylene by WOCl<sub>4</sub>-Based Catalysts such as WOCl<sub>4</sub>-n-Bu<sub>4</sub>Sn-t-BuOH (1:1:1) | journal = Macromolecules | volume = 32 | pages = 7344–7348 | doi =10.1002/zaac.19663440306}}</ref>


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