Palladium tetrafluoride


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Palladium (IV) fluoride, also known as palladium tetrafluoride, is the chemical compound of palladium and fluorine with the chemical formula PdF4. The palladium atoms in PdF4 are in the +4 oxidation state.[2][3]

Palladium(IV) fluoride
Identifiers

3D model (JSmol)

ChemSpider
  • InChI=1S/4FH.Pd/h4*1H;/p-4

    Key: TZSYMMIYHWWKKM-UHFFFAOYSA-J

  • [F-].[F-].[F-].[F-].[Pd]

Properties
F4Pd
Molar mass 182.41 g·mol−1
Appearance pink[1] or brick-red[2] crystalline solid
Related compounds

Other cations

Platinum(IV) fluoride

Related compounds

Palladium(II) fluoride
Palladium(II,IV) fluoride

Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

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Palladium tetrafluoride has been prepared by reacting palladium(II,IV) fluoride with fluorine gas at pressures around 7 atm and at 300 °C for several days.[1]

PdF4 is a strong oxidising agent and undergoes rapid hydrolysis in moist air.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Rao, P. R.; Tressaud, A.; Bartlett, N. (1976). "The tetrafluorides of iridium, rhodium and palladium". J. Inorg. Nucl. Chem. 28: 23–28. doi:10.1016/0022-1902(76)80588-X.
  2. ^ a b Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. pp. 1152–1153. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.
  3. ^ Housecroft, C. E.; Sharpe, A. G. (2008). Inorganic Chemistry (3rd ed.). Prentice Hall. pp. 788–789. ISBN 978-0-13-175553-6.