Hi does magnesium tetrachloride have a giant ionic structure or simple covalent structure?
It makes sense to be covalent, since it needs four covalent bonds to get a full outer shell - which it gets from the four chlorine atoms. But they're metal and non-metal, so they may somehow be ionic...
2007-01-18 07:12:16 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymus 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
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Its supposed to be titanium tetrachloride
2007-01-18 07:46:28 · update #1
TiCl4 is a covalent simple molecular chloride. If you look up the extraction of titanium metal, you will see why it can't be done by electrolysis of the chloride - no ions.
2007-01-18 07:52:20 · answer #1 · answered by Gervald F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First, I don't know of magnesium tetrachloride. Magnesium has a 2+ charge and chloride ions have a 1- charge, so the formula should be MgCl2 not MgCl4.
Are you sure it's magnesium and not manganese?
In either case, the bonds will be ionic because you've got a compound formed between a metal and a non-metal.
2007-01-18 15:19:23 · answer #2 · answered by hcbiochem 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-01-18 15:23:20 · answer #3 · answered by πρ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never heard of magnesium tetrachloride...Are you sure of the name?
Yea TiCl4 is covalent....the name gives it away.... using the prefix tetra is used in covalent compounds
2007-01-18 15:47:19 · answer #4 · answered by The Cheminator 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋