Selenium dichloride is the
inorganic compound
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with the formula SeCl
2. It forms red-brown solutions in
ethers. Selenium dichloride has been prepared by treating gray
selenium with
sulfuryl chloride.
Adducts of selenium dichloride with
thioethers and
thioureas are well characterized. Related complexes of
tellurium dichloride
Tellurium dichloride is a chloride of tellurium with the chemical formula TeCl2.
Preparation
Tellurium dichloride can be produced by reacting tellurium with difluorodichloromethane.
It can also be produced by the comproportionation of telluri ...
are known.

Solutions of selenium dichloride are unstable at room temperature, forming
selenium monochloride
Selenium monochloride is an inorganic compound with the formula Se2Cl2. Although it is called selenium monochloride, a more descriptive name might be diselenium dichloride. It is a reddish-brown, oily liquid that hydrolyses slowly. It exists in c ...
after several minutes at room temperature:
:3 SeCl
2 → Se
2Cl
2 + SeCl
4
References
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Selenium(II) compounds
Chlorides
Nonmetal halides
Chalcohalides