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Tungsten hexachloride
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<p> Tungsten hexachloride is an <a href="/facts/Inorganic_chemical_compound/TfFfzxSz">inorganic chemical compound</a> of <a href="/facts/Tungsten/WYwbNDYX">tungsten</a> and <a href="/facts/Chlorine/y27UwYBM">chlorine</a> with the <a href="/facts/Chemical_formula/hghUtthl">chemical formula</a> <a href="/facts/Tungsten/WYwbNDYX">W</a><a href="/facts/Chlorine/y27UwYBM">Cl</a>6. This dark violet-blue compound exists as <a href="/facts/Volatility_(chemistry)/90r3ep6w">volatile</a> crystals under <a href="/facts/Standard_conditions/JhJv9KFJ">standard conditions</a>. It is an important starting reagent in the preparation of tungsten compounds. Other examples of charge-neutral hexachlorides are <a href="/facts/Rhenium(VI)_chloride/8E4ukn2A">rhenium(VI) chloride</a> and <a href="/facts/Molybdenum(VI)_chloride/zIBj4bA8">molybdenum(VI) chloride</a>. The highly volatile <a href="/facts/Tungsten_hexafluoride/Hf0S5IVa">tungsten hexafluoride</a> is also known. </p><p>As a <a href="/facts/D_electron_count/DdXMds5z">d0</a> atom, tungsten hexachloride is <a href="/facts/Diamagnetic/dgFavn9K">diamagnetic</a>. </p>