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Chemical compound From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tin(IV) nitrate is a salt of tin with nitric acid. It is a volatile white solid, subliming at 40 °C under a vacuum. Unlike other nitrates, it reacts with water to produce nitrogen dioxide.
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ECHA InfoCard | 100.222.600 |
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Sn(NO3)4 | |
Molar mass | 366.73 g/mol |
Appearance | Silky Crystals |
Density | 2.65 g/cm3 |
Melting point | 91 °C (196 °F; 364 K) |
Boiling point | 98 °C (208 °F; 371 K) (decomposes) |
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Solubility | Soluble in carbon tetrachloride, chloroform |
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P21/c | |
a = 7.80 Å, b = 13.85 Å, c = 10.23 Å | |
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H272, H314 | |
P220, P280, P305+P351+P338, P310 | |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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It is structurally very similar to titanium(IV) nitrate, with the only major difference being the Sn–O bond(2.161 Å) being slightly longer than the Ti–O bond(2.068 Å).[3]
It was first prepared in the 1960s. Tin(IV) chloride was added to dinitrogen pentoxide at -78 °C, which produced tin(IV) nitrate and nitryl chloride:[4]
Attempts to prepare this compound by reacting tin(II) oxide and nitric acid resulted in a formation of tin(II) nitrate hydroxide.[5]
This compound is sensitive to water, it hydrolyzes into tin(IV) oxide and nitrogen dioxide. Tin(IV) nitrate reacts with trifloroacetic acid anhydride to yield (NO2+)2[Sn(OOCCF3)62−] which is a nitronium salt. With trifluoroacetic acid a similar compound solvated with trifluoroacetic acid is produced.[6]
It also reacts with acetic anhydride or acetic acid to produce tin(IV) acetate and with nitric oxide to produce tin(IV) oxynitrate.
The reaction of tin(IV) nitrate with triphenylphosphine and triphenylarsine yields dinitratotin(IV)bis(diphenylphosphonate) and dinitratotin(IV)bis(diphenylarsonate).[6]
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