Rhenium tetrafluoride

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Rhenium tetrafluoride
Names
Other names
Rhenium(IV) fluoride
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
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PubChem CID
  • InChI=1S/4FH.Re/h4*1H;/p-4
    Key: IZVAOCKUNBYXSU-UHFFFAOYSA-J
  • [F-].[F-].[F-].[F-].[Re]
Properties
F4Re
Molar mass 262.201 g·mol−1
Appearanceblue crystals
Density 5.38 g/cm3
Melting point 124.5 °C (256.1 °F; 397.6 K)
Boiling point 795 °C (1,463 °F; 1,068 K)
Structure
tetragonal
Related compounds
Related compounds
Osmium tetrafluoride
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Rhenium tetrafluoride is a binary inorganic compound of rhenium and fluorine with the chemical formula ReF4. [1]

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Synthesis

Rhenium tetrafluoride can be made by the reduction of rhenium hexafluoride with hydrogen, rhenium, or sulfur dioxide: [2] [3]

ReF6 + H2 → 2ReF4 + 2HF
2ReF6 + Re → 3ReF4
ReF6 + SO2 → ReF4 + SO2F2

Physical properties

Rhenium tetrafluoride forms blue crystals [4] of tetragonal structure, cell parameters a = 1.012 nm, c = 1.595 nm.

Rhenium tetrafluoride reacts with water, and corrodes glass when heated.

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3
.

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4
.

References

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