Attributes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chemical Names: Rhodium chloride Molecular Formula: Cl3Rh Molecular Weight: 209.2645 g/mol Application -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RhCl3(H2O)xexists as dark reddiamagneticcrystals. It is mildlyhygroscopic. It is soluble in water to give reddish solutions that, depending on the age of the solution, contain varying proportions of RhCl3(H2O)3, [RhCl2(H2O)4]+, and [RhCl(H2O)5]2+. Description --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Rhodium(III) chloride refers to inorganic compounds with the formula RhCl3(H2O)n, where n varies from 0 to 3. These are diamagnetic solids featuring octahedral Rh(III) centres. Depending on the value of n, the material is either a dense brown solid or a soluble reddish salt. The soluble salt is widely used to prepare compounds used in homogeneous catalysis, notably for the industrial production of acetic acid.
