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[*] posted on 8-1-2026 at 19:57


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To bnull: I can't seem to find any links to the supplementary paper, so I can't provide it. I'd like to try out this synthesis of MnCl2 myself, but I am currently trying to obtain a 10cm borosilicate dish for this process. I will be preparing ≈30g of anhydrous MnCl2 with excess HCl.

I'm not surprised. Odds are that it wouldn't have enough details on the process anyway. Thanks for trying.

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[*] posted on 8-1-2026 at 21:26


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Manganese(II) chloride is commercially available as MnCl2 . 4 H2O containing 36.4% water. Under an argon atmosphere most of the water is lost at 350 C, but absolutely anhydrous material is only obtained after prolonged heating at 400 C.
Our method is as follows: Finely ground MnCl2 . 4 H2O (50 g) was heated in vacuo at 200 C for 6 h, the cake finely ground, and then further heated in
vacuo at 220 C for 6 h.

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[*] posted on 9-1-2026 at 00:02



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Manganese(II) chloride is commercially available as MnCl2 . 4 H2O containing 36.4% water. Under an argon atmosphere most of the water is lost at 350 C, but absolutely anhydrous material is only obtained after prolonged heating at 400 C.
Our method is as follows: Finely ground MnCl2 . 4 H2O (50 g) was heated in vacuo at 200 C for 6 h, the cake finely ground, and then further heated in
vacuo at 220 C for 6 h.

This source seems quite dubious. Not only does it not mention hydrolysis in any way, despite the absurd temperatures, it seemingly implies the existence of a hemihydrate, which has not been supported by any of the sources quoted in this thread. Now, I must admit that I cannot confirm or deny a hemihydrate existing, as I cannot accurately measure yield because of the MnCO3 used for purification. It may be the case that my product is a hemihydrate, but I highly doubt that these guys would happen to be the only ones who would mention a dehydration issue this severe.
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[*] posted on 10-1-2026 at 05:56


Have you checked parts I through VI of the same series?



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[*] posted on 12-1-2026 at 16:35


I have, and they seem to use harsher dehydration conditions as the articles progress (from 110-130°C 8h in III, to 100-200°C 6h in V, and finally to 200-220°C 12h in VII, all under vacuum)
I'm not sure why they seem to be the only ones having such a hard time dehydrating MnCl2, even compared to other sources already mentioned here which just use dry HCl at regular atmospheric pressure in some way.

VII mentions
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Painstaking investigations of a large number of dehydration-without-decomposition methods, which will be the subject of another publication, ...

but I cannot seem to find that article.

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[*] posted on 13-1-2026 at 03:26


The series goes up to part 14 at least, https://doi.org/10.1039/DT9850000135.



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