Vanadium(V) fluoride

Vanadium(V) fluoride
IUPAC name

Vanadium(V) fluoride
Other names

Vanadium pentafluoride
Identifiers
CAS number 7783-72-4
PubChem 165641
Properties
Molecular formula VF5
Molar mass 145.934
Appearance colorless solid
Density 2.502 g/cm3 (solid)
Melting point

19.5 °C
Boiling point

48.3 °C
Related compounds
Other cations Niobium(V) fluoride
Tantalum(V) fluoride
Related Vanadium compounds Vanadium(V) oxide
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Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)
Infobox references

Vanadium(V) fluoride is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula VF5.

It can be prepared by the reaction below:

\rm \ V %2B 5F_2 \xrightarrow{300C} VF_5[1]
\rm \ VF_4 \xrightarrow{873K,N_2} VF_3 %2B VF_5[2] [3]

References

  1. ^ Trevorrow, L. E.; Fischer, J.; Steunenberg, R. K. (1957). "The Preparation and Properties of Vanadium Pentafluoride". Journal of the American Chemical Society 79 (19): 5167–5168. doi:10.1021/ja01576a023. 
  2. ^ Ruff, Otto; Lickfett, Herbert (1911). "Vanadinfluoride". Berichte der deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft 44 (3): 2539–2549. doi:10.1002/cber.19110440379. 
  3. ^ Cavell, R. G.; Clark, H. C. (1963). "Thermochemistry of vanadium fluorides". Transactions of the Faraday Society 59: 2706. doi:10.1039/TF9635902706.