Vanadium(V) chloride


Vanadium chloride is the inorganic compound with the formula VCl5. It is a black diamagnetic solid. The molecules adopt a bioctahedral structure similar to that of niobium chloride.

Preparation and reactions

Vanadium chloride is prepared from the vanadium pentafluoride with excess boron trichloride:
It is unstable at room temperature with respect to vanadium chloride: