9919. Vanadium Carbonyl

Nomenclature

CAS number: 20644-87-5
Vanadium hexacarbonyl.
C6O6V; mol wt 219.00.
C 32.91%, O 43.83%, V 23.26%.
V(CO)6.

Description and references

Prepn: Natta et al., C.A. 54, 16252 (1960); Ercoli et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 82, 2966 (1960); Hileman in Prep. Inorg. React. 1, 107 (1964).

Properties

Blue-green pyrophoric crystals. Sensitive to air. Should be stored under nitrogen. Dec 60-70° in a nitrogen-filled tube.