Teflic acid

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Teflic acid has the molecular formuala HOTeF5.

[edit] Properties

  • MP: 40 °C
  • BP: 60 °C

[edit] Preparation

It can be prepared by the following reaction:

5HSO3F + Te(OH)6 --> HOTeF5 + 5H2SO4

It is also the first hydrolysis product of tellurium hexafluoride.

[edit] References

  • R.B. King; Inorganic Chemistry of Main Group Elements, VCH Publishers, New York,1994.