Chemistry:Ammonium hexafluoroindate

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Ammonium hexafluoroindate
Names
Other names
Ammonium hexafluoroindate(III)
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
Properties
F6H12InN3
Molar mass 282.925 g·mol−1
Appearance colorless crystals
Density g/cm3
insoluble
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Infobox references

Ammonium hexafluoroindate is an inorganic chemical compound with the chemical formula (NH
4
)
3
InF
6
.[1][2]

Synthesis

The compound can be obtained by reacting ammonium fluoride and indium bromide in anhydrous methanol, or by reacting ammonium fluoride and indium fluoride in aqueous solution.[3]

Also, a reaction involving indium hydroxide and ammonium fluoride:[4]

In(OH)
3
+ 3 HF + 3 NH
4
F → (NH
4
)
3
InF
6
+ 3 H
2
O

Physical properties

The compound decomposes at 120–170 °C to obtain NH
4
InF
4
, and further decomposes to InF
3
at 185–300 °C.[5]

Ammonium hexafluoroindiate forms colorless crystals of tetragonal system, space group P4mnc,[6] insoluble in water.[4]

At 80 °C, a phase transition into the cubic phase occurs.

References

  1. Roberts, John E.; Laubengayer, A. W. (November 1957). "Fluoride Complexes of Indium(III) 1" (in en). Journal of the American Chemical Society 79 (22): 5895–5897. doi:10.1021/ja01579a016. ISSN 0002-7863. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja01579a016. Retrieved 30 August 2024. 
  2. "Ammonium hexafluoroindate(iii)". NIST. https://webbook.nist.gov/cgi/formula?ID=B8001323. 
  3. Zakalyukin, R. M.; Boltalin, A. I.; Fedorov, P. P. (2001). "Synthesis of ammonium hexafluoroindate". Zhurnal Neorganicheskoi Khimii 8 (46): 1247–1249. ISSN 0044-457X. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/256159659. Retrieved 30 August 2024. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Brauer, Georg (2 December 2012) (in en). Handbook of Preparative Inorganic Chemistry V1. Elsevier. p. 229. ISBN 978-0-323-16127-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=kaa2qeFRXmUC&dq=Ammonium+hexafluoroindate&pg=PA229. Retrieved 30 August 2024. 
  5. Beck, Lynda K.; Haendler Kugler, Blanca; Haendler, Helmut M. (December 1973). "The thermal decomposition of ammonium hexafluorogallate and ammonium hexafluoroindate. New crystalline forms of gallium fluoride and indium fluoride". Journal of Solid State Chemistry 8 (4): 312–317. doi:10.1016/S0022-4596(73)80027-1. Bibcode1973JSSCh...8..312B. 
  6. Donnay, Joseph Désiré Hubert (1973) (in en). Crystal Data: Inorganic compounds. National Bureau of Standards. p. 108. https://books.google.com/books?id=5lVCBwmZsLYC&dq=Ammonium+hexafluoroindate&pg=RA4-PA108. Retrieved 30 August 2024.