Vanadium Oxytrichloride: From Powder to Fuming Yellow Liquid

Today we delve into the world of vanadium chemistry and demonstrate the synthesis of vanadium oxytrichloride - yellow liquid that fumes in air with red-orange smoke. You'll also learn about the properties and reactions of vanadium oxytrichloride and dioxovanadium(V)chloride.
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0:00 Intro
0:30 Vanadium oxytrichloride synthesis
3:05 Vanadium oxytrichloride properties
4:28 Vanadium oxytrichloride and water reaction
5:22 Vanadium oxytrichloride and alkali solutions reactoins
6:38 The "chameleon" reaction, which is characteristic only for vanadium compounds
7:28 Vanadium oxytrichloride and alkali metals
9:17 I soak burning magnesium into VOCl3
9:59 Dioxovanadium (V) chloride synthesis: VO2Cl
12:16 Words of gratitude to my viewers and especially patrons 🧡
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Alchemical greatness

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[@keithyinger3326]

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[@GrumpyOrc]

Unusually aesthetically pleasing reactions for a yellow chemical. Vanadium is such a interesting metal, it's common knowledge how important other metals like Lithium or Nickel are to the modern world but Vanadium isn't as widely appreciated and it's a treat to be able to see it in such rare form here.

[@spiderdude2099]

It also is one of 4 elements that does some witchcraft with its electron orbitals.

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Watching reactions that result in a color that triggers Tom, from Explosions&Fire, is interesting and fun. :D

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[@roriegilligan8134]

I would say that the dark material in the centre of tube at the end is likely vanadium (iv) oxide surrounded by reddish vanadium (v) oxides or hydrated oxides.

[@roriegilligan8134]

Also, when vanadium pentoxide flake is produced industrially, it has a dark metallic grey appearance on the outside and is yellow-orange on the inside.

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VOCl3 is used as a catalyst in the production of plastics by XOM, Copolymer, VCl4 is also used for rubbers. US Vanadium makes these at their Hot Spring Plant --these are shipped in 3000 lb steel tanks

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There's a great book written by a Sciencemadness member that shows the preparation of such reagents in the lab. "Small-scale synthesis of laboratory reagents with reaction modeling" by Leonid Lerner. He demonstrates the preparation of reagents like SOCl2, POCl3, sulfur chlorides, LiAlH4, SO3 and oleum...

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I can already hear EX&F screaming at this yellow abomination

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Can thionyl chloride be substituted with phosphorus oxychloride?

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Is this a chlorinating agent with extrapolable properties to POCl3?

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How is the vanadium reduction with zinc happening in an aqueous environment? Also, it seems there is a substantial bit of time between when the zinc granule disappears and the vanadium reduction occurs. Where did the electrons go in the meantime?

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Wait, at 1:26, where was the spattering on the OUTSIDE of the flask coming from?

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12:00 could it be pure vanadium metal formed by traces of pentavanadic acid decomposing with volatilized dioxovanadium chloride stuck to it?

[@pattheplanter]

Normally you would want reduction to get a metallic element. In this case, perhaps some weird rearrangement of oxidation states allows some vanadium to reduce some other vanadium. So many oxidation states that vanadium can have. Or decomposition of a halide?

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Well, the discovery reaction looks like it is in reach, but otherwise, IDK about handling fluorine.

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1:08 What is this absorbing agent für SO2?

[@sebastiand152]

Why do you use a graham condenser for boiling thionyl chloride under reflux? That is not, what it is best for; a dimroth condenser is often the better choice for systems under reflux. Graham condensers can be blocked by the liquid in such a setup, which can lead to spilling. Otherwise: Great video!

[@321tryagain]

Are you sure that the reaction with c.KOH forms orthovanadate? I understood that the orthovanadate salt is colourless, but the metavanadate salt is BRIGHT yellow/orange.

[@experimental_chemistry]

It's yellow, because the reaction seems to be incomplete here, the mixture needs to be heated for full conversion. Potassium metavanadate is colourless (de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaliummetavanadat) like all alkali vanadates. Just have a look at my video about making mixed sodium vanadates.

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6:40 Colours of vanadium are always beautiful - I made a video about it, too.

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For some reason, vanadium is my favorite element. Can't even tell you why.

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Oh neat, it hydrolyzes in water on contact, making a purplish flash, which I'd be willing to bet is due to colloidial or nanodot behavior?

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And where reactions whith metallic aluminium, titanium and zincum???;)

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