A hexafluoroplatinate is a chemical compound which contains the hexafluoroplatinate

anion An ion () is an atom or molecule with a net electrical charge. The charge of an electron is considered to be negative by convention and this charge is equal and opposite to the charge of a proton, which is considered to be positive by conve ...

. It is produced by combining substances with

platinum hexafluoride Platinum hexafluoride is the chemical compound with the formula Pt F6, and is one of seventeen known binary hexafluorides. It is a dark-red volatile solid that forms a red gas. The compound is a unique example of platinum in the +6 oxidation sta ...

Examples of hexafluoroplatinates

Dioxygenyl hexafluoroplatinate Dioxygenyl hexafluoroplatinate is a compound with formula O2PtF6. It is a hexafluoroplatinate of the unusual dioxygenyl cation, O2+, and is the first known compound containing this cation. It can be produced by the reaction of dioxygen with platin ...

(O₂PtF₆), containing the rare dioxygenyl oxycation. *

Xenon hexafluoroplatinate Xenon hexafluoroplatinate is the product of the reaction of platinum hexafluoride with xenon, in an experiment that proved the chemical reactivity of the noble gases. This experiment was performed by Neil Bartlett at the University of British Co ...

("XePtF₆"), the first

noble gas compound In chemistry, noble gas compounds are chemical compounds that include an element from the noble gases, group 18 of the periodic table. Although the noble gases are generally unreactive elements, many such compounds have been observed, particularl ...

ever synthesised. (The Xe⁺ ion in XePtF₆ is unstable, being a radical; as a result, XePtF₆ itself is unstable and quickly disproportionates into XeFPtF₅, XeFPt₂F₁₁, and Xe₂F₃PtF₆.)Holleman, A. F.; Wiberg, E. "Inorganic Chemistry" Academic Press: San Diego, 2001. .

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Examples of hexafluoroplatinates

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