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What would the colour be?

ChemichaelRXN - 8-10-2020 at 13:14

If you mixed Nitrogen Dioxide gas as a liquid and chlorine in liquid form, do you think the solution would turn green, yellow or possibly blue? I was wondering about this. I dont handle toxic gasses to test it out in a small quantity.

Would it form Nitrosyl chloride (which is a yellow gas)?



[Edited on 9-10-2020 by ChemichaelRXN]

itsallgoodjames - 14-10-2020 at 07:41

Nitrogen dioxide forms dinitrogen tetroxide when it liquifies. Pure dinitrogen tetroxide is colorless. I imagine if you added chlorine to pure dinitrogen tetroxide, it'd just mix and turn yellow, and nothing would really happen. If on the other hand, it was contaminated with dinitrogen trioxide, nitrosyl chloride would likely form

unionised - 14-10-2020 at 10:06

maybe
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Nitryl-chloride
Though the yield can't be good or nitryl chloride would be better characterised.

[Edited on 14-10-20 by unionised]

itsallgoodjames - 14-10-2020 at 10:45

Quote: Originally posted by unionised  
maybe
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Nitryl-chloride
Though the yield can't be good or nitryl chloride would be better characterised.

[Edited on 14-10-20 by unionised]


If you're responding to me, it's mostly speculation, because nitrosyl chloride is made by the reaction of nitrogen monoxide with chlorine. But like I said, it's more speculation than anything

unionised - 14-10-2020 at 10:49

Quote: Originally posted by itsallgoodjames  


If you're responding to me,

Not really.
Just wondering if you might get NO2Cl, rather than NOCl.
Though, as I said, probably not much.