A tetrafluoride is a

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 ...

with four fluorines in its formula.

List of tetrafluorides

* Argon tetrafluoride, (hypothetical) * Berkelium tetrafluoride *

Carbon tetrafluoride Tetrafluoromethane, also known as carbon tetrafluoride or R-14, is the simplest perfluorocarbon ( C F4). As its IUPAC name indicates, tetrafluoromethane is the perfluorinated counterpart to the hydrocarbon methane. It can also be classified as a ...

(tetrafluoromethane) *

Diboron tetrafluoride Diboron tetrafluoride is the inorganic compound with the formula (BF2)2. A colorless gas, the compound has a halflife of days at room temperature. It is the most stable of the diboron tetrahalides. Structure and bonding Diboron tetrafluoride ...

, a colorless gas * Dinitrogen tetrafluoride (Tetrafluorohydrazine) *

Germanium tetrafluoride Germanium tetrafluoride (GeF4) is a chemical compound of germanium and fluorine. It is a colorless gas. Synthesis Germanium tetrafluoride is formed by treating germanium with fluorine: : Ge + 2 F2 → GeF4 Alternatively germanium dioxide combine ...

Hafnium tetrafluoride Hafnium tetrafluoride is the inorganic compound with the formula HfF4. It is a white solid. It adopts the same structure as zirconium tetrafluoride Zirconium(IV) fluoride (Zirconium, ZrFluorine, F4) is an inorganic chemical compound. It is a co ...

* Iridium tetrafluoride * Krypton tetrafluoride, (predicted) *

Lead tetrafluoride Lead tetrafluoride is a compound of lead and fluorine. The yellow solid (melting point 600 °C) is the only room-temperature stable tetrahalide of lead. Lead tetrafluoride is isostructural with tin(IV) fluoride and contains planar layers o ...

Manganese tetrafluoride Manganese tetrafluoride, MnF4, is the highest fluoride of manganese. It is a powerful oxidizing agent and is used as a means of purifying elemental fluorine.. Preparation Manganese tetrafluoride was first unequivocally prepared in 1961 by the re ...

* Mercury tetrafluoride * Molybdenum tetrafluoride * Niobium tetrafluoride * Oganesson tetrafluoride (predicted) * Oxygen tetrafluoride, (hypothetical) *

Palladium tetrafluoride 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. Synthesis Palladium tetrafluoride has bee ...

Platinum tetrafluoride Platinum tetrafluoride is the inorganic compound with the chemical formula . In the solid state, the compound features platinum(IV) in octahedral coordination geometry. Preparation The compound was first reported by Henri Moissan by the fluorin ...

* Plutonium tetrafluoride * Polonium tetrafluoride decomposes via radiolysis. * Protactinium tetrafluoride *

Selenium tetrafluoride Selenium tetrafluoride (Selenium, SeFluorine, F4) is an inorganic compound. It is a colourless liquid that reacts readily with water. It can be used as a fluorinating reagent in organic syntheses (fluorination of alcohols, carboxylic acids or carb ...

, , a liquid at standard conditions *

Silicon tetrafluoride Silicon tetrafluoride or tetrafluorosilane is a chemical compound with the formula Si F4. This colorless gas is notable for having a narrow liquid range: its boiling point is only 4 °C above its melting point. It was first prepared in 1771 ...

, or Tetrafluorosilane * Sulfur tetrafluoride, , a gas at standard conditions *

Tellurium tetrafluoride Tellurium tetrafluoride, TeF4, is a stable, white, hygroscopic crystalline solid and is one of two fluorides of tellurium. The other binary fluoride is tellurium hexafluoride.''Inorganic Chemistry'',Egon Wiberg, Arnold Frederick Holleman Elsevie ...

, , a stable, white, hygroscopic crystalline solid *

Thionyl tetrafluoride Thionyl tetrafluoride is an inorganic compound gas with the formula S O F4. It is also known as sulfur tetrafluoride oxide. The shape of the molecule is a distorted trigonal bipyramid, with the oxygen found on the equator. The atoms on the e ...

Thorium tetrafluoride Thorium(IV) fluoride ( Th F4) is an inorganic chemical compound. It is a white hygroscopic powder which can be produced by reacting thorium with fluorine gas. At temperatures above 500 °C, it reacts with atmospheric moisture to produce Th ...

Tin tetrafluoride Tin(IV) fluoride is a chemical compound of tin and fluorine with the chemical formula SnF4 and is a white solid with a melting point above 700 °C. SnF4 can be prepared by the reaction of tin metal with fluorine gas: :Sn + 2F2 → SnF4 Howev ...

* Titanium tetrafluoride *

Uranium tetrafluoride Uranium tetrafluoride is the inorganic compound with the formula UF4. It is a green solid with an insignificant vapor pressure and low solubility in water. Uranium in its tetravalent ( uranous) state is important in various technological process ...

, , a green crystalline solid * Vanadium tetrafluoride *

Xenon tetrafluoride Xenon tetrafluoride is a chemical compound with chemical formula . It was the first discovered binary compound of a noble gas. It is produced by the chemical reaction of xenon with fluorine: : Xe + 2 → This reaction is exothermic, rele ...

, *

Zirconium tetrafluoride Zirconium(IV) fluoride (Zirconium, ZrFluorine, F4) is an inorganic chemical compound. It is a component of ZBLAN fluoride glass. It is insoluble in water. It is the main component of fluorozirconate glasses. Three crystalline phases of ZrF4 have ...

Ions

Some atoms can form a complex ion with four fluorine atoms which may form compounds containing the term tetrafluoride. Examples include * Tetrafluoroaluminate, * Tetrafluoroberyllate, *

Tetrafluoroborate Tetrafluoroborate is the anion . This tetrahedral species is isoelectronic with tetrafluoroberyllate (), tetrafluoromethane (CF4), and tetrafluoroammonium () and is valence isoelectronic with many stable and important species including the perchlo ...

, * Tetrafluoromagnesate, *

Tetrafluoroammonium The tetrafluoroammonium cation (also known as perfluoroammonium) is a positively charged polyatomic ion with chemical formula . It is equivalent to the ammonium ion where the hydrogen atoms surrounding the central nitrogen atom have been replaced ...

References

Fluorides {{Chemistry index

List of tetrafluorides

Ions

See also

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