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<compound>
  <version>1.0</version>
  <creation_date>2010-04-08 22:11:51 UTC</creation_date>
  <update_date>2025-11-19 00:55:16 UTC</update_date>
  <accession>FDB015449</accession>
  <name>Tin chloride (SnCl4)</name>
  <description>Antioxidant in foods</description>
  <synonyms>
    <synonym>Anhydrous tin tetrachloride</synonym>
    <synonym>Fascat 4400</synonym>
    <synonym>Libavius fuming spirit</synonym>
    <synonym>Libavius' fuming spirit</synonym>
    <synonym>SnCl4</synonym>
    <synonym>Stagno</synonym>
    <synonym>Stagno (tetracloruro di)</synonym>
    <synonym>Stannane, tetrachloro-</synonym>
    <synonym>Stannic chloride</synonym>
    <synonym>Stannic chloride fuming</synonym>
    <synonym>Stannic chloride, anhydrous</synonym>
    <synonym>Stannic chloride, anhydrous [UN1827] [Corrosive]</synonym>
    <synonym>Stannic tetrachloride</synonym>
    <synonym>Tetrachloro-stannane</synonym>
    <synonym>Tetrachlorostannane</synonym>
    <synonym>Tetrachlorostannane, 9CI</synonym>
    <synonym>Tetrachlorotin</synonym>
    <synonym>Tin (IV) chloride anhydrous</synonym>
    <synonym>Tin chloride (1:4)</synonym>
    <synonym>Tin chloride (SnCl4) (8CI)</synonym>
    <synonym>Tin chloride, fuming</synonym>
    <synonym>Tin chloride, fuming (dot)</synonym>
    <synonym>Tin perchloride</synonym>
    <synonym>Tin perchloride(dot)</synonym>
    <synonym>Tin tetrachloride</synonym>
    <synonym>Tin tetrachloride, anhydrous</synonym>
    <synonym>Tin(IV) chloride</synonym>
    <synonym>Tin(iv) chloride (1:4)</synonym>
    <synonym>Tin(IV) tetrachloride</synonym>
    <synonym>Tintetrachloride</synonym>
    <synonym>Zinntetrachlorid</synonym>
  </synonyms>
  <chemical_formula>Cl4Sn</chemical_formula>
  <average_molecular_weight>260.52</average_molecular_weight>
  <monisotopic_moleculate_weight>259.777607399</monisotopic_moleculate_weight>
  <iupac_name>tin(4+) ion tetrachloride</iupac_name>
  <traditional_iupac>tin(4+) ion tetrachloride</traditional_iupac>
  <cas_registry_number>7646-78-8</cas_registry_number>
  <smiles>[Cl-].[Cl-].[Cl-].[Cl-].[Sn+4]</smiles>
  <inchi>InChI=1S/4ClH.Sn/h4*1H;/q;;;;+4/p-4</inchi>
  <inchikey>HPGGPRDJHPYFRM-UHFFFAOYSA-J</inchikey>
  <taxonomy>
    <description> belongs to the class of inorganic compounds known as post-transition metal chlorides. These are inorganic compounds in which the largest halogen atom is Chlorine, and the heaviest metal atom is a post-transition metal.</description>
    <direct_parent>Post-transition metal chlorides</direct_parent>
    <kingdom>Inorganic compounds</kingdom>
    <super_class>Mixed metal/non-metal compounds</super_class>
    <class>Post-transition metal salts</class>
    <sub_class>Post-transition metal chlorides</sub_class>
    <molecular_framework/>
    <alternative_parents>
      <alternative_parent>Inorganic chloride salts</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Inorganic tin salts</alternative_parent>
    </alternative_parents>
    <substituents>
      <substituent>Inorganic chloride salt</substituent>
      <substituent>Inorganic salt</substituent>
      <substituent>Inorganic tin salt</substituent>
      <substituent>Post-transition metal chloride</substituent>
    </substituents>
    <external_descriptors>
    </external_descriptors>
  </taxonomy>
  <state/>
  <predicted_properties>
    <property>
      <kind>logp</kind>
      <value>2.62</value>
      <source>ALOGPS</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>logs</kind>
      <value>-1.55</value>
      <source>ALOGPS</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>solubility</kind>
      <value>7.37e+00 g/l</value>
      <source>ALOGPS</source>
    </property>
  </predicted_properties>
  <experimental_properties>
    <property>
      <kind>melting_point</kind>
      <value>Mp -33°</value>
    </property>
  </experimental_properties>
  <property>
    <kind>logp</kind>
    <value>0.61</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>pka_strongest_acidic</kind>
    <value>-7</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>iupac</kind>
    <value>tin(4+) ion tetrachloride</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>average_mass</kind>
    <value>260.52</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>mono_mass</kind>
    <value>259.777607399</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>smiles</kind>
    <value>[Cl-].[Cl-].[Cl-].[Cl-].[Sn+4]</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>formula</kind>
    <value>Cl4Sn</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>inchi</kind>
    <value>InChI=1S/4ClH.Sn/h4*1H;/q;;;;+4/p-4</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>inchikey</kind>
    <value>HPGGPRDJHPYFRM-UHFFFAOYSA-J</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>polar_surface_area</kind>
    <value>0</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>refractivity</kind>
    <value>5.62</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>polarizability</kind>
    <value>2.39</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>rotatable_bond_count</kind>
    <value>0</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>acceptor_count</kind>
    <value>0</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>donor_count</kind>
    <value>0</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>physiological_charge</kind>
    <value>-1</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>formal_charge</kind>
    <value>0</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <pathways>
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      <type>Specdb::CMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>171462</spectrum_id>
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      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>81180</spectrum_id>
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      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>81181</spectrum_id>
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      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>142224</spectrum_id>
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      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>142225</spectrum_id>
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      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>142226</spectrum_id>
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      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>2710595</spectrum_id>
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      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>2710596</spectrum_id>
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    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>2710597</spectrum_id>
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  </spectra>
  <hmdb_id>HMDB36546</hmdb_id>
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  <kegg_id/>
  <chebi_id/>
  <biocyc_id/>
  <het_id/>
  <wikipidia/>
  <vmh_id/>
  <fbonto_id/>
  <foodb_id/>
  <general_references>
    <reference>#&lt;Reference:0x000055ce30d39628&gt;</reference>
  </general_references>
  <foods>
  </foods>
  <flavors>
  </flavors>
  <enzymes>
  </enzymes>
  <health_effects>
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</compound>
