Rhenium(VI) chloride


Rhenium chloride is the inorganic compound with the formula ReCl6. It is a black paramagnetic solid. The molecules adopt an octahedral structure as seen in tungsten chloride.

Preparation and reactions

Rhenium chloride is prepared from the rhenium hexafluoride with excess boron trichloride:
It is unstable at room temperature with respect to rhenium chloride: