Ruthenium(III) fluoride

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Ruthenium(III) fluoride
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Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
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PubChem CID
  • InChI=1S/3FH.Ru/h3*1H;/q;;;+3/p-3
    Key: YRQNNUGOBNRKKW-UHFFFAOYSA-K
  • F[Ru](F)F
Properties
F3Ru
Molar mass 158.07 g·mol−1
Appearancedark brown solid [1]
Density 5,36 g·cm−3 [2]
Melting point 600 °C [2]
insoluble [1]
Related compounds
Other anions
Ruthenium(III) chloride
Ruthenium(III) bromide
Ruthenium(III) iodide
Other cations
Rhodium(III) fluoride
Related compounds
Ruthenium(IV) fluoride
Ruthenium(V) fluoride
Ruthenium(VI) fluoride
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Ruthenium(III) fluoride is a fluoride of ruthenium, with the chemical formula of RuF3.

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Preparation

Ruthenium(III) fluoride can be obtained from the reduction of ruthenium(V) fluoride by iodine at 250 °C: [3] [4]

5 RuF5 + I2 → 5 RuF3 + 2 IF5

Properties

Ruthenium(III) fluoride is a dark brown solid that is insoluble in water. It has a space group of R3c (No. 167). [1] [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 R. Blachnik (2013), Taschenbuch für Chemiker und Physiker Band 3: Elemente, anorganische Verbindungen und Materialien, Minerale (in German), Springer-Verlag, p. 700, ISBN   978-3-642-58842-6
  2. 1 2 William M. Haynes (2014), CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (in German), CRC Press, p. 86, ISBN   978-1-4822-0868-9
  3. A. F. Holleman (2019), Lehrbuch der anorganischen Chemie (in German), Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, p. 1418, ISBN   978-3-11-083817-6
  4. E.A. Seddon, K.R. Seddon (2013), The Chemistry of Ruthenium (in German), Elsevier, p. 155, ISBN   978-1-4832-8990-8
  5. M. A. Hepworth, K. H. Jack u. a.: The crystal structures of the trifluorides of iron, cobalt, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium and iridium. In: Acta Crystallographica. 10, 1957, S. 63, doi : 10.1107/S0365110X57000158.