Osmium pentafluoride

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Osmium pentafluoride
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Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
PubChem CID
  • InChI=1S/5FH.Os/h5*1H;/q;;;;;+5/p-5
    Key: RFWLPKSDISVSGM-UHFFFAOYSA-I
  • monomer:F[Os](F)(F)(F)F
  • tetramer:F[Os-]1(F)(F)(F)[F+][Os-](F)(F)(F)(F)[F+][Os-](F)(F)(F)(F)[F+][Os-](F)(F)(F)(F)[F+]1
Properties
F5Os
Molar mass 285.22 g·mol−1
Appearanceblue-green solid
Melting point 70 °C (158 °F; 343 K)
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Osmium pentafluoride is an inorganic compound with the formula OsF5. It is a blue-green solid. Like the pentafluorides of Ru, Rh, and Ir, OsF5 exists as a tetramer in the solid state.

Preparation

Osmium pentafluoride can be prepared by reduction of osmium hexafluoride with iodine as a solution in iodine pentafluoride: [1]

10 OsF6 + I2 → 10 OsF5 + 2 IF5

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2
[Os
4
(CO)
13
]
and Na
2
[Os(CO)
4
]
are used in the synthesis of osmium cluster compounds.

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References

  1. Holloway, John H.; Mitchell, S. J. (1971). "Preparation and Crystal Structure of Osmium Pentafluoride". Journal of the Chemical Society: 2789–94. doi:10.1039/J19710002789.