Stannane - Wikipedia
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| IUPAC name
Stannane | ||
| Other names
tin tetrahydride | ||
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| Properties | ||
| SnH4 | ||
| Molar mass | 122.71 g/mol | |
| Appearance | colourless gas | |
| Density | 5.4 g/L, gas | |
| Melting point | −146 °C (−231 °F; 127 K) | |
| Boiling point | −52 °C (−62 °F; 221 K) | |
| Structure | ||
| Tetrahedral | ||
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| Thermochemistry | ||
Heat capacity (C) |
1.262 kJ/(kg·K) | |
Std enthalpy of |
162.8 kJ/mol | |
Enthalpy of vaporization (ΔfHvap) |
19.049 kJ/mol | |
| Related compounds | ||
Related organotins |
tributylstannane (Bu3SnH) | |
Related compounds |
Methane Silane Germane Plumbane | |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). |
Stannane or tin hydride is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula SnH4. It is a colourless gas and the tin analogue of methane. Stannane can be prepared by the reaction of SnCl4 and Li[AlH4].[1]
- SnCl4 + Li[AlH4] → SnH4 + LiCl + AlCl3
Stannane decomposes slowly at room temperature to give metallic tin and hydrogen and ignites on contact with air.[1]
Variants of stannane can be found as a highly toxic, gaseous, inorganic metal hydrides and group 14 hydrides.
- ^ a b Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.