Iridium(V) fluoride

Iridium(V) fluoride
Other names

Iridium pentafluoride
Identifiers
CAS number 14568-19-5
Properties
Molecular formula IrF5
Molar mass 287.209 g/mol
Appearance yellow solid
Melting point

104.5°C
Related compounds
Other cations rhodium(V) fluoride, osmium pentafluoride, platinum(V) fluoride
Related compounds iridium(IV) fluoride, iridium hexafluoride
 Y (verify) (what is: Y/N?)
Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)
Infobox references

Iridium(V) fluoride, IrF5, is a chemical compound of iridium and fluorine, first described by Neil Bartlett in 1965.[1] A highly reactive yellow low melting solid, it has a tetrameric structure, Ir4F20, which contains octahedrally coordinated iridium atoms.[2] This structure is shared with RuF5 and OsF5. It can be prepared by the controlled decomposition of IrF6[2]or the reduction of IrF6 with silicon powder or H2 in anhydrous HF. [3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Neil Bartlett and P. R. Rao (1965). "Iridium pentafluoride". Chem. Commun. (12): 252–253. doi:10.1039/C19650000252. 
  2. ^ a b Egon Wiberg, Arnold Frederick Holleman (2001) Inorganic Chemistry, Elsevier ISBN 0-12-352651-5
  3. ^ Paine, Robert T.; Asprey, Larned B. (1975). "Reductive syntheses of transition metal fluoride compounds. Synthesis of rhenium, osmium, and iridium pentafluorides and tetrafluorides". Robert T. Paine, Larned B. Asprey 14 (5): 1111–1113. doi:10.1021/ic50147a030.