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Uranium tetrachloride is a gorgeous green solid that serves many uses, such as reduction to uranium metal. It can be produced in a few ways, most of which require expensive equipment such as a tube furnace and have toxic byproducts, for example, the reaction of uranium dioxide with carbon tetrachloride. The reaction needs 500 Celsius to take place. It mainly produces carbon dioxide as a byproduct but can also output phosgene, carbon monoxide, and chlorine gas. To get around this, we have spent two videos creating hexachloropropene. By using hexachloropropene, the reaction can be carried out on a hotplate at ambient pressure. That is today's plan.

Previous videos:
1) Heptachloropropane Synthesis from Chloroform, Tetrachloroethylene, and Aluminum Chloride
   • Heptachloropropane Synthesis from Chl...  

2) Synthesis of Hexachloropropene from Heptachloropropane and Analysis    • Synthesis of Hexachloropropene from H...  


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Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:45 Saftey
1:03 Chemistry
4:13 Discussion
5:19 Clean up
5:45 Outro

References:
[1] Katz, J. J., & Seaborg, G. T. (1957). The Chemistry of the Actinide Elements (1st ed.). John Wiley & Sons INC..
[2] Scott, P. (2001, August 22). Chlorination of uranium oxide with hexachloropropene. Chlorination of Uranium Oxide with hexachloropropene; uranium tetrachloride. https://cssp.chemspider.com/Article.a...
[3] The Trustees of Princeton University. (n.d.). Handling radioactive materials safely | Office of Environmental Health and Safety. Princeton University. https://ehs.princeton.edu/laboratory...