Iridium trifluoride

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Iridium trifluoride
Names
Other names
Iridium(III) fluoride, trifluoroiridium
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
PubChem CID
  • InChI=1S/3FH.Ir/h3*1H;/q;;;+3/p-3
    Key: VNCUSYIKPZQFST-UHFFFAOYSA-K
  • [Ir+3].[F-].[F-].[F-]
Properties
F3Ir
Molar mass 249.212 g·mol−1
Appearanceblack crystals [1]
insoluble
Structure
hexagonal
Related compounds
Related compounds
Rhodium trifluoride
Ruthenium trifluoride
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Iridium trifluoride is a binary chemical compound of iridium and fluorine with the chemical formula IrF
3
. [2] [3]

Contents

Synthesis

Reduction of iridium hexafluoride by metallic iridium: [4]

2IrF6 + Ir → 2IrF3

Decomposition of iridium tetrafluoride by heating at 430–450 °C: [5]

2IrF4 → 2IrF3 + F2

Physical properties

Iridium(III) fluoride forms black hexagonal crystals.[ citation needed ] It is insoluble in water.[ citation needed ]

Related Research Articles

In chemistry, an interhalogen compound is a molecule which contains two or more different halogen atoms and no atoms of elements from any other group.

Chlorine trifluoride is an interhalogen compound with the formula ClF3. This colorless, poisonous, corrosive, and extremely reactive gas condenses to a pale-greenish yellow liquid, the form in which it is most often sold. Despite being famous for its extreme oxidation properties and igniting many things, chlorine trifluoride is not combustible itself. The compound is primarily of interest in plasmaless cleaning and etching operations in the semiconductor industry, in nuclear reactor fuel processing, historically as a component in rocket fuels, and various other industrial operations owing to its corrosive nature.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bromine trifluoride</span> Chemical compound

Bromine trifluoride is an interhalogen compound with the formula BrF3. At room temperature, it is a straw-coloured liquid with a pungent odor which decomposes violently on contact with water and organic compounds. It is a powerful fluorinating agent and an ionizing inorganic solvent. It is used to produce uranium hexafluoride (UF6) in the processing and reprocessing of nuclear fuel.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Iron(III) fluoride</span> Chemical compound

Iron(III) fluoride, also known as ferric fluoride, are inorganic compounds with the formula FeF3(H2O)x where x = 0 or 3. They are mainly of interest by researchers, unlike the related iron(III) chlorides. Anhydrous iron(III) fluoride is white, whereas the hydrated forms are light pink.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Scandium fluoride</span> Chemical compound

Scandium(III) fluoride, ScF3, is an ionic compound. This salt is slightly soluble in water but dissolves in the presence of excess fluoride to form the ScF63− anion.

Tellurium hexafluoride is the inorganic compound of tellurium and fluorine with the chemical formula TeF6. It is a colorless, highly toxic gas with an unpleasant odor.

Arsenic trifluoride is a chemical compound of arsenic and fluorine with the chemical formula AsF3. It is a colorless liquid which reacts readily with water.

Arsenic pentafluoride is a chemical compound of arsenic and fluorine. It is a toxic, colorless gas. The oxidation state of arsenic is +5.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fluorine</span> Chemical element, symbol F and atomic number 9

Fluorine is a chemical element with the symbol F and atomic number 9. It is the lightest halogen and exists at standard conditions as a highly toxic, pale yellow diatomic gas. As the most electronegative reactive element, it is extremely reactive, as it reacts with all other elements except for the light inert gases.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Iridium hexafluoride</span> Chemical compound

Iridium hexafluoride, also iridium(VI) fluoride, (IrF6) is a compound of iridium and fluorine and one of the seventeen known binary hexafluorides. It is one of only a few compounds with iridium in the oxidation state +6.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Iridium tetrafluoride</span> Chemical compound

Iridium(IV) fluoride is a chemical compound of iridium and fluorine, with the chemical formula IrF4 and is a dark brown solid. Early reports of IrF4 prior to 1965 are questionable and appear to describe the compound IrF5. The solid can be prepared by reduction of IrF5 with iridium black or reduction with H2 in aqueous HF. The crystal structure of the solid is notable as it was the first example of a three-dimensional lattice structure found for a metal tetrafluoride and subsequently RhF4, PdF4 and PtF4 have been found to have the same structure. The structure has 6 coordinate, octahedral, iridium where two edges of the octahedra are shared and the two unshared fluorine atoms are cis to one another.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Palladium(II,IV) fluoride</span> Chemical compound

Palladium(II,IV) fluoride, also known as palladium trifluoride, is a chemical compound of palladium and fluorine. It has the empirical formula PdF3, but is better described as the mixed-valence compound palladium(II) hexafluoropalladate(IV), PdII[PdIVF6], and is often written as Pd[PdF6] or Pd2F6.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Palladium tetrafluoride</span> Chemical compound

Palladium(IV) fluoride, also known as palladium tetrafluoride, is the chemical compound of palladium and fluorine with the chemical formula PdF4. The palladium atoms in PdF4 are in the +4 oxidation state.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sulfur trifluoride</span> Chemical compound

Sulfur trifluoride is the inorganic chemical compound with the formula SF3. It is a radical.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thiophosphoryl fluoride</span> Chemical compound

Thiophosphoryl fluoride is an inorganic molecular gas with formula PSF3 containing phosphorus, sulfur and fluorine. It spontaneously ignites in air and burns with a cool flame. The discoverers were able to have flames around their hands without discomfort, and called it "probably one of the coldest flames known". The gas was discovered in 1888.

Chromium pentafluoride is the inorganic compound with the chemical formula CrF5. It is a red volatile solid that melts at 34 °C. It is the highest known chromium fluoride, since the hypothetical chromium hexafluoride has not yet been synthesized.

Fluorine forms a great variety of chemical compounds, within which it always adopts an oxidation state of −1. With other atoms, fluorine forms either polar covalent bonds or ionic bonds. Most frequently, covalent bonds involving fluorine atoms are single bonds, although at least two examples of a higher order bond exist. Fluoride may act as a bridging ligand between two metals in some complex molecules. Molecules containing fluorine may also exhibit hydrogen bonding. Fluorine's chemistry includes inorganic compounds formed with hydrogen, metals, nonmetals, and even noble gases; as well as a diverse set of organic compounds. For many elements the highest known oxidation state can be achieved in a fluoride. For some elements this is achieved exclusively in a fluoride, for others exclusively in an oxide; and for still others the highest oxidation states of oxides and fluorides are always equal.

Rhodium(IV) fluoride is a chemical compound of rhodium and fluorine. It is formed when rhodium(III) bromide reacts with bromine trifluoride. Iridium(IV) fluoride, palladium(IV) fluoride and platinum(IV) fluoride have the same crystal structure.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Protactinium(V) fluoride</span> Chemical compound

Protactinium(V) fluoride is a fluoride of protactinium, with the chemical formula PaF5.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Berkelium(III) fluoride</span> Chemical compound

Berkelium(III) fluoride is a binary inorganic compound of berkelium and fluorine with the chemical formula BkF
3
.

References

  1. "Iridium(III) Fluoride". American Elements. American Elements . Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  2. "WebElements Periodic Table » Iridium » iridium trifluoride". webelements.com. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  3. Robinson, P. L.; Westland, G. J. (1 January 1956). "862. The simple fluorides of iridium, including the new trifluoride". Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed): 4481–4487. doi:10.1039/JR9560004481. ISSN   0368-1769 . Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  4. Singh, G. (2007). Chemistry Of Lanthanides And Actinides. Discovery Publishing House. p. 286. ISBN   978-81-8356-241-6 . Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  5. Simons, J. H. (2 December 2012). Fluorine Chemistry V5. Elsevier. p. 97. ISBN   978-0-323-14724-8 . Retrieved 3 May 2023.