Chemistry:Chromium hexafluoride

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Short description: Hypothetical chemical compound
Chromium hexafluoride
Chromium hexafluoride molecule
Names
IUPAC name
  • Chromium hexafluoride
  • Chromium(VI) fluoride
Other names
  • Hexafluorochromium[1]
  • Hexafluoridochromium[1]
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChEBI
ChemSpider
Properties
CrF6
Molar mass 165.9865 g·mol−1
Related compounds
Related compounds
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Infobox references

Chromium hexafluoride or chromium(VI) fluoride is a hypothetical chemical compound between chromium and fluorine with the chemical formula CrF
6
. It was previously thought to be an unstable yellow solid decomposing at −100 °C,[2] but this has been shown to be a misidentification of chromium pentafluoride, CrF5.[3]

Unsuccessful attempts at synthesis

CrF
6
used to be thought to be produced by exhaustive fluorination of chromium metal at 400 °C (752 °F) and 20 MPa of pressure, and immediate freezing out of the reaction chamber to prevent decomposition:

Cr + 3 F
2
→ CrF
6

However, it has been shown that chromium pentafluoride (CrF
5
) is formed instead:

2 Cr + 5 F
2
→ 2 CrF
5

and that CrF
6
has yet to be synthesized.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Chromium-hexafluoride
  2. Hope, Eric G.; Levason, William.; Ogden, J. Steven (1991). "Is chromium hexafluoride octahedral? Experiment still suggests "yes!"". Inorganic Chemistry 30 (26): 4873. doi:10.1021/ic00026a002. 
  3. Riedel, Sebastian; Kaupp, Martin (2009). "The highest oxidation states of the transition metal elements". Coordination Chemistry Reviews 253 (5–6): 606–624. doi:10.1016/j.ccr.2008.07.014.