Tungsten hexacarbonyl

CAS Registry Number®

14040-11-0

CAS Name

Tungsten hexacarbonyl

Molecular Formula

C6O6W

Molecular Mass

351.90

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Compound Properties

  • Melting Point (1)

    169-170 °C (decomp)

  • Density (1)

    2.65 g/cm³

Source(s)

  • (1) Metal-Organics Catalog physical property data were obtained from Gelest, Inc. of Morrisville, Pennsylvania (US)

Other Names and Identifiers

InChI

InChI=1S/6CO.W/c6*1-2;

InChIKey

InChIKey=FQNHWXHRAUXLFU-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

[W](C#O)(C#O)(C#O)(C#O)(C#O)C#O

Canonical SMILES

O#C[W](C#O)(C#O)(C#O)(C#O)C#O

Other Names for this Substance

  • Tungsten carbonyl (W(CO)6), (OC-6-11)-
  • Tungsten carbonyl (W(CO)6)
  • Tungsten hexacarbonyl
  • Hexacarbonyltungsten
  • Hexacarbonyl wolfram

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Deleted or Replaced CAS Registry Numbers

848779-21-5, 1808935-68-3

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