Chemistry:Hydronium perchlorate

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Hydronium perchlorate
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Names
Other names
  • Oxonium perchlorate
  • Perchloric acid monohydrate
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
Properties
[H
3
O]ClO
4
Molar mass 118.47 g·mol−1
Appearance Colorless solid
Density 1.96 g/cm3
Structure[1]
Orthorhombic
Pnma
a = 9.2343 Å, b = 5.8178 Å, c = 7.4606 Å
Related compounds
Other anions
Hydronium chloride
Other cations
Perchloric acid
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Infobox references

Hydronium perchlorate is an inorganic chemical compound with the chemical formula [H
3
O]ClO
4
. It is an unusual salt due to it being a solid and stable hydronium salt. It consists of hydronium cations [H
3
O]+
and perchlorate anions ClO
4
.

Production

Hydronium perchlorate is produced by the reaction of anhydrous perchloric acid and water in a 1:1 molar ratio:[2]

HClO
4
+ H
2
O → [H
3
O]+
ClO
4

A more analytically reliable method was reported using the macrocyclic Schiff base of sodium 2,6-diformyl-4-methylphenolate and 2,6-diformyl-4-methylphenol as a chelating agent to sequester Cu(II): transmetallation of the macrocycle with copper(II) perchlorate yielded colorless crystals of hydronium perchlorate. [1]

It can also be produced by the reaction of anhydrous nitric acid and perchloric acid.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Azhar A Rahman; Anwar Usman; Suchada Chantrapromma; Hoong-Kun Fun (2003). "Redetermination of hydronium perchlorate at 193 and 293 K" (in en). Acta Crystallographica C 59 (Pt 9): i92-4. doi:10.1107/s0108270103010461. PMID 12944636. 
  2. C. E. Nordman (1962). "The crystal structure of hydronium perchlorate at -80°C" (in en). Acta Crystallographica 15: 18–23. doi:10.1107/S0365110X62000055. 
  3. Kenneth Schofield (1980). "3" (in en). Aromatic nitration. Cambridge University Press. p. 30. ISBN 9780521233620.