Rhenium trioxide fluoride is an
inorganic compound
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with the formula . It is a white, sublimable, diamagnetic solid, although impure samples appear colored. It one of the few oxyfluorides of rhenium, the other major one being
rhenium dioxide trifluoride . The material has no applications, but it is of some academic interest as a rare example of a trioxide fluoride.
Synthesis and reactions
Rhenium trioxide fluoride can be prepared by
fluorination
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of
rhenium trioxide
Rhenium trioxide or rhenium(VI) oxide is an inorganic compound with the formula ReO3. It is a red solid with a metallic lustre that resembles copper in appearance. It is the only stable trioxide of the Group 7 elements ( Mn, Tc, Re).
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With ]Lewis base
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s (L) the compound forms adducts with the formula , e.g., L = diethyl ether
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and acetonitrile
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.
Structure and related compounds
According to X-ray crystallography
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, the compound adopts a helical chain structure featuring octahedral Re centers linked by two fluoride and two oxide
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bridging ligand
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s. In contrast with , and crystallize with simpler structures. The Mn compound crystallizes as a tetrahedral monomer. The technetium compound crystallizes as dimers with fluoride bridges.rhenium trioxide chloride
Rhenium trioxide chloride is an inorganic compound with the formula . It is a colorless, distillable, diamagnetic liquid. It is a rhenium oxychloride. The material is used as a reagent in the preparation of rhenium compounds.
Synthesis and reac ...
, which is a monomer.
References
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