Platinum pentafluoride

Platinum pentafluoride
Names
IUPAC name
platinum(V) fluoride
Identifiers
13782-84-8
Properties
F5Pt
Molar mass 290.07
Appearance red solid
Melting point 75–76 °C (167–169 °F; 348–349 K)
Boiling point 300–305 °C (572–581 °F; 573–578 K)
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Infobox references

Platinum pentafluoride is the inorganic compound with the empirical formula PtF5. This red volatile solid has rarely been studied but is of interest as one of the few binary fluorides of platinum, i.e., a compound containing only Pt and F. It is hydrolyzed in water.[1]

The compound was first prepared by Neil Bartlett by fluorination of platinum dichloride above 350 °C (below that temperature, only PtF4 forms).[1]

Its structure consists of a tetramer, very similar to that of ruthenium pentafluoride. Within the tetramers, each Pt adopts octahedral molecular geometry, with two bridging fluoride ligands.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Bartlett, N.; Lohmann, D. H. "Two New Fluorides of Platinum" Proceedings of the Chemical Society, London 1960, pp. 14-15.
  2. Mueller, B. G.; Serafin, M. (1992). "Single-crystal investigations on PtF4 and PtF5". European Journal of Solid State Inorganic Chemistry. 29: 625–633. doi:10.1002/chin.199245006.
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