Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Chromyl chloride is a chemical compound with the formula CrO2Cl2. This compound is an opaque dark blood-red liquid at room temperature and pressure. It is tetrahedral somewhat like SO2Cl2. CrO2Cl2 is similar to the most commonly encountered chromium(VI) derivative chromate [CrO4]2−; both are tetrahedral Cr(VI) compounds. However they differ in both oxidizing power and in physical properties: one is a liquid and the other forms salts.CrO2Cl2 is a neutral molecular species.
