Palladium hexafluoride is an inorganic chemical compound of

palladium Palladium is a chemical element with the symbol Pd and atomic number 46. It is a rare and lustrous silvery-white metal discovered in 1803 by the English chemist William Hyde Wollaston. He named it after the asteroid Pallas, which was itself na ...

metal and

fluorine Fluorine is a chemical element with the symbol F and atomic number 9. It is the lightest halogen and exists at standard conditions as a highly toxic, pale yellow diatomic gas. As the most electronegative reactive element, it is extremely reacti ...

with the chemical formula . It is reported to be a still

hypothetical compound A hypothetical chemical compound is a chemical compound that has been conceived of, but is not known to have been synthesized, observed, or isolated (identified or shown to exist). Some hypothetical compounds cannot form at all. Others might tur ...

. This is one of many

palladium fluoride Palladium fluoride is the name of a series of binary compounds of palladium and fluorine. These include: * Palladium(II) fluoride or palladium difluoride, PdF2 * Palladium(II,IV) fluoride or palladium trifluoride, PdF3. It is not palladium(III) f ...

Synthesis

Fluorination of palladium powder with atomic fluoride at 900–1700 Pa.

Physical properties

Palladium hexafluoride is predicted to be stable. The compound is reported to form dark red solid that decomposes to . Palladium hexafluoride is a very powerful

oxidizing agent An oxidizing agent (also known as an oxidant, oxidizer, electron recipient, or electron acceptor) is a substance in a redox chemical reaction that gains or "Electron acceptor, accepts"/"receives" an electron from a (called the , , or ). In ot ...

References

Palladium compounds Fluorides Hexafluorides Metal halides Oxidizing agents Hypothetical chemical compounds Theoretical chemistry {{inorganic-compound-stub