Einsteinium hexafluoride

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Einsteinium hexafluoride
Einsteinium hexafluoride.svg
Names
Other names
Einsteinium(VI) fluoride
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
  • InChI=1S/Es.6FH/h;6*1H/q+6;;;;;;/p-6
    Key: XDVFQSVXFYEDNB-UHFFFAOYSA-H
  • [Es+6].[F-].[F-].[F-].[F-].[F-].[F-]
Properties
EsF6
Molar mass 366 g·mol−1
Related compounds
Related compounds
Curium hexafluoride
Americium hexafluoride
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Einsteinium hexafluoride is a binary inorganic chemical compound of einsteinium and fluorine with the chemical formula EsF6. This is a hypothetical compound—its existence has been predicted theoretically, but the compound has yet to be isolated. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Physical properties

It is unlikely that the compound is stable. [5]

References

  1. Macintyre, Jane E. (23 July 1992). Dictionary of Inorganic Compounds. CRC Press. p. 3121. ISBN   978-0-412-30120-9 . Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  2. Liebman, Joel F. (January 1978). "Conceptual problems in noble gas and fluorine chemistry, VII1: On the possible existence of einsteinium and proactinium hexafluoride" . Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry Letters . 14 (6–7): 245–247. doi:10.1016/0020-1650(78)80069-5.
  3. Nishikida, Koichi; Williams, Ffrancon; Mamantov, Gleb; Smyrl, Norman (June 1975). "Chlorine hexafluoride radical. Preparation, electron spin resonance spectrum, and structure" . Journal of the American Chemical Society . 97 (12): 3526–3527. doi:10.1021/ja00845a046. ISSN   0002-7863 . Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  4. Malta, John G.; Selig, Henry; Siegel, Stanley (January 1966). "Complex Compounds of Uranium Hexafluoride with Sodium Fluoride and Potassium Fluoride" . Inorganic Chemistry . 5 (1): 130–132. doi:10.1021/ic50035a031. ISSN   0020-1669 . Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  5. Morss, L. R.; Edelstein, Norman M.; Fuger, Jean (21 October 2010). The Chemistry of the Actinide and Transactinide Elements (Set Vol.1-6): Volumes 1-6. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 1611. ISBN   978-94-007-0211-0 . Retrieved 26 January 2024.