Tetradecachlorohexamolybdate Hexahydrate Chloromolybdic Acid

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Analysis of the product is unreliable because of its slow evolution of HCl. The material can be converted to an air-stable tetraalkylammonium salt if analysis is needed. 

Chloromolybdic acid is insoluble in and slowly reactive with water, but soluble in methanol and ethanol. The solid gradually oxidizes in air to a white solid with loss 

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