Palladium(IV) fluoride, also known as palladium tetrafluoride, is the

chemical compound A chemical compound is a chemical substance composed of many identical molecules (or molecular entities) containing atoms from more than one chemical element held together by chemical bonds. A molecule consisting of atoms of only one element ...

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 ...

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

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PdF₄. The palladium atoms in PdF₄ are in the +4

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Synthesis

Palladium tetrafluoride has been prepared by reacting

palladium(II,IV) fluoride Palladium(II,IV) fluoride, also known as palladium trifluoride, is a chemical compound of palladium and fluorine. It has the empirical formula PdF3, but is better described as the mixed-valence compound palladium(II) hexafluoropalladate(IV), PdII ...

with fluorine gas at pressures around 7 atm and at 300 °C for several days.

Reactivity

PdF₄ is a strong oxidising agent and undergoes rapid

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in moist air.

References

{{Fluorides Palladium compounds Fluorides Platinum group halides

Synthesis

Reactivity

See also

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