Ruthenium(IV) fluoride

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Ruthenium(IV) fluoride
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Names
Other names
Ruthenium tetrafluoride
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
EC Number
  • 238-533-8
PubChem CID
  • InChI=1S/4FH.Ru/h4*1H;/q;;;;+4/p-4
    Key: CBIYWHCPXHKZME-UHFFFAOYSA-J
  • [F-].[F-].[F-].[F-].[Ru+4]
Properties
F4Ru
Molar mass 177.06 g·mol−1
Appearancepink crystals
reacts with water
Structure
monoclinic
Related compounds
Related compounds
Rhodium tetrafluoride, platinum tetrafluoride
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Ruthenium(IV) fluoride is a binary inorganic compound of ruthenium and fluorine with the formula RuF4. [1] [2]

Contents

Synthesis

The compound was first prepared in 1963 by Holloway and Peacock, who obtained a yellow solid by reducing ruthenium pentafluoride with iodine, using iodine pentafluoride as a solvent. [3]

10RuF5 + I2 → 10RuF4 + 2IF5

Subsequent studies have indicated that RuF
4
produced by this way is impure. The pure, pink compound was isolated for the first time in 1992 by reacting KRuF
6
with AsF
5
at 20 °C in anhydrous hydrofluoric acid, with strict exclusion of water and oxygen. This synthesis exploits the very strong fluoride ion accepting capabilities of the Lewis acid AsF
5
. [4] [5]

K2RuF6 + 2AsF5 → RuF4 + 2KAsF6

Physical properties

RuF
4
in the solid state is polymeric, with a three-dimensional structure of corrugated layers containing RuF6 octahedra joined by shared fluorine atoms. The crystalline structure is similar to that of vanadium tetrafluoride and is monoclinic, space group P21/n, with lattice constants a = 560.7 pm, b = 494.6 pm, and c =514.3 pm, β = 121.27°. [6]

Ruthenium tetrafluoride is an extremely reactive compound which darkens immediately upon contact with moisture, and reacts violently with water to deposit ruthenium dioxide. The compound can be stored in glass containers, which are, however, attacked if the sample is heated above 280 °C.

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4
. It was the first discovered binary compound of a noble gas. It is produced by the chemical reaction of xenon with fluorine:

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2
, is a rarely-encountered oxycation in which both oxygen atoms have a formal oxidation state of +1/2. It is formally derived from oxygen by the removal of an electron:

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

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4
. In the solid state, the compound features platinum(IV) in octahedral coordination geometry.

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Rhodium pentafluoride is an inorganic compound with the formula Rh4F20. It is a red solid. It is prepared by fluorination of rhodium trifluoride at 400 °C.

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

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

Terbium(IV) fluoride is an inorganic compound with a chemical formula TbF4. It is a white solid that is a strong oxidizer. It is also a strong fluorinating agent, emitting relatively pure atomic fluorine when heated, rather than the mixture of fluoride vapors emitted from cobalt(III) fluoride or cerium(IV) fluoride. It can be produced by the reaction between very pure terbium(III) fluoride and xenon difluoride, chlorine trifluoride or fluorine gas:

Ruthenium fluoride may refer to:

References

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