Osmium pentafluoride is an
inorganic compound
In chemistry, an inorganic compound is typically a chemical compound that lacks carbon–hydrogen bonds, that is, a compound that is not an organic compound. The study of inorganic compounds is a subfield of chemistry known as '' inorganic chemist ...
with the formula OsF
5. It is a blue-green solid. Like the pentafluorides of Ru, Rh, and Ir, OsF
5 exists as a tetramer in the solid state.
Preparation
Osmium pentafluoride can be prepared by reduction of
osmium hexafluoride
Osmium hexafluoride, also osmium(VI) fluoride, (OsF6) is a compound of osmium and fluorine, and one of the seventeen known binary hexafluorides.
Synthesis
Osmium hexafluoride is made by a direct reaction of osmium metal exposed to an excess o ...
with
iodine
Iodine is a chemical element with the symbol I and atomic number 53. The heaviest of the stable halogens, it exists as a semi-lustrous, non-metallic solid at standard conditions that melts to form a deep violet liquid at , and boils to a vi ...
as a solution in
iodine pentafluoride
Iodine pentafluoride is an interhalogen compound with chemical formula IF5. It is one of the fluorides of iodine. It is a colorless liquid, although impure samples appear yellow. It is used as a fluorination reagent and even a solvent in speciali ...
:
:10 OsF
6 + I
2 → 10 OsF
5 + 2 IF
5
References
{{fluorine compounds
Osmium compounds
Fluorides
Platinum group halides