Iridium hexafluoride

Names
IUPAC name

iridium(VI) fluoride

Other names

iridium hexafluoride

Identifiers

CAS Number

* 7783-75-7 Y

3D model (JSmol)

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ChemSpider |

* 10323846

ECHA InfoCard | 100.029.113

PubChem CID

* 3014587

UNII |

* UP14U33TGX Y

InChI

* InChI=1S/6FH.Ir/h6*1H;/q;;;;;;+6/p-6

Key: JQAZQSHUPWSSPF-UHFFFAOYSA-H

* InChI=1/6FH.Ir/h6*1H;/q;;;;;;+6/p-6/rF6Ir/c1-7(2,3,4,5)6

Key: JQAZQSHUPWSSPF-VYYYRSGCAJ

SMILES

* F[Ir](F)(F)(F)(F)F

Properties

Chemical formula

| IrF6
Molar mass | 306.22 g/mol
Appearance  | yellow crystalline solid[1]
Density | 5.11g/mL[2]
Melting point | 44 °C (111 °F; 317 K)[1]
Boiling point | 53.6 °C (128.5 °F; 326.8 K)[1]
Solubility | soluble in HF
Related compounds

Other cations

| rhodium hexafluoride
osmium hexafluoride
platinum hexafluoride

Related compounds

| iridium(V) fluoride

Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

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Infobox references

Chemical compound

Iridium hexafluoride, also iridium(VI) fluoride, (IrF6) is a compound of iridium and fluorine and one of the seventeen known binary hexafluorides. It is one of only a few compounds with iridium in the oxidation state +6.

## Synthesis[edit]

Iridium hexafluoride is made by a direct reaction of iridium metal in an excess of elemental fluorine gas at 300 °C. However, it is thermally unstable and must be frozen out of the gaseous reaction mixture to avoid dissociation.

Ir \+ 3 F
2 → IrF

## Description[edit]

Iridium hexafluoride is a yellow crystalline solid that melts at 44 °C and boils at 53.6 °C.[1] The solid structure measured at −140 °C is orthorhombic space group Pnma. Lattice parameters are a = 9.411 Å, b = 8.547 Å, and c = 4.952 Å. There are four formula units (in this case, discrete molecules) per unit cell, giving a density of 5.11 g·cm−3.[2]

The IrF6 molecule itself (the form important for the liquid or gas phase) has octahedral molecular geometry, which has point group (Oh). The Ir–F bond length is 1.833 Å.[2]

Calculations suggest that fluorine might react with iridium hexafluoride at 39 GPa to form IrF8.[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 90th Edition, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 2009, ISBN 978-1-4200-9084-0, Section 4, Physical Constants of Inorganic Compounds, p. 4-85.
2. ^ a b c T. Drews, J. Supeł, A. Hagenbach, K. Seppelt: "Solid State Molecular Structures of Transition Metal Hexafluorides", in: Inorganic Chemistry, 2006, 45 (9), S. 3782–3788; doi:10.1021/ic052029f; PMID 16634614.
3. ^ Lin, Jianyan; Zhao, Ziyuan; Liu, Chunyu; Zhang, Jing; Du, Xin; Yang, Guochun; Ma, Yanming (2019-03-13). "IrF8 Molecular Crystal under High Pressure". Journal of the American Chemical Society. American Chemical Society (ACS). 141 (13): 5409–5414. doi:10.1021/jacs.9b00069. ISSN 0002-7863. PMID 30864432. S2CID 76664353.

## Further reading[edit]

* Gmelins Handbuch der anorganischen Chemie, System Nr. 67, Iridium, Supplement Volume 2, pp. 99–102.

## External links[edit]

* Iridium hexafluoride at webelements.com.

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Binary hexafluorides

Known binary hexafluorides|

| Chalcogen binary hexafluorides|

* SF6
* SeF6
* TeF6
* PoF6

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Noble gas binary hexafluorides|

* XeF6

Transition metal binary hexafluorides|

* MoF6
* TcF6
* RuF6
* RhF6
* WF6
* ReF6
* OsF6
* IrF6
* PtF6

Actinide binary hexafluorides|

* UF6
* NpF6
* PuF6

Predicted binary hexafluorides|

| Noble gas binary hexafluorides|

* KrF6
* RnF

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Transition metal binary hexafluorides|

* CrF6
* PdF6
* AuF6

Actinide binary hexafluorides|

* AmF6
* CmF6
* EsF6

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Iridium compounds

Iridium(0)|

* Ir4(CO)12

Iridium(I)|

| Organoiridium(I)|

* IrC8H12C5H5NP(C6H11)3PF6
* IrClCO(P(C6H5)3)2
* KIrI2(CO)2

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Iridium(II)|

* IrCl2

Iridium(III)|

* IrBr3
* IrCl3
* IrF

* IrI3
* Ir2S3
* Ir(O2C5H7)3
* (NH

3IrCl

* Ir(CN)3−

* Ir2O3

| Organoiridium(III)|

* (IrClC5(CH3)5)2Cl2

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Iridium(IV)|

* IrBr

* IrF4
* IrCl4
* IrI

* IrO2
* IrS2
* (NH4)2[IrCl6]
* Li2IrO3

Iridium(V)|

* IrF5

Iridium(VI)|

* IrF6
* Sr2MgIrO6
* Sr2CaIrO6

Iridium(VII)|

* IrF7

Iridium(VIII)|

* IrO4

Iridium(IX)|

* IrO4+

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Fluorine compounds

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LiF | BeF2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | BF
BF3
B2F4 | CF4
CxFy | NF3
N2F4 | OF
OF2
O2F2
O2F | F− | Ne
NaF | MgF2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | AlF
AlF3 | SiF4 | P2F4
PF3
PF5 | S2F2
SF2
S2F4
SF4
S2F10
SF6 | ClF
ClF3
ClF5 | HArF
ArF2
KF | CaF2 |  | ScF3 | TiF3
TiF4 | VF2
VF3
VF4
VF5 | CrF2
CrF3
CrF4
CrF5
CrF6 | MnF2
MnF3
MnF4 | FeF2
FeF3 | CoF2
CoF3 | NiF2
NiF3 | CuF
CuF2 | ZnF2 | GaF3 | GeF4 | AsF3
AsF5 | SeF4
SeF6 | BrF
BrF3
BrF5 | KrF2
KrF4
KrF6
RbF | SrF2 |  | YF3 | ZrF4 | NbF4
NbF5 | MoF4
MoF5
MoF6 | TcF6 | RuF3
RuF4
RuF5
RuF6 | RhF3
RhF5
RhF6 | PdF2
Pd[PdF6]
PdF4
PdF6 | AgF
AgF2
AgF3
Ag2F | CdF2 | InF3 | SnF2
SnF4 | SbF3
SbF5 | TeF4
TeF6 | IF
IF3
IF5
IF7 | XeF2
XeF4
XeF6
XeF8
CsF | BaF2 | *  | LuF3 | HfF4 | TaF5 | WF4
WF6 | ReF6
ReF7 | OsF4
OsF5
OsF6
OsF

OsF8 | IrF3
IrF5
IrF6 | PtF2
Pt[PtF6]
PtF4
PtF5
PtF6 | AuF
AuF3
Au2F10
AuF5·F2
| HgF2
Hg2F2
HgF4 | TlF
TlF3 | PbF2
PbF4 | BiF3
BiF5 | PoF4
PoF6 | At | RnF2
RnF6
Fr | RaF2 | **  | Lr | Rf | Db | Sg | Bh | Hs | Mt | Ds | Rg | Cn | Nh | Fl | Mc | Lv | Ts | Og
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|  | * | LaF3 | CeF3
CeF4 | PrF3
PrF4 | NdF3 | PmF3 | SmF2
SmF3 | EuF2
EuF3 | GdF3 | TbF3
TbF4 | DyF3 | HoF3 | ErF3 | TmF2
TmF3 | YbF2
YbF3 |  |
|  | ** | AcF3 | ThF4 | PaF4
PaF5 | UF3
UF4
UF5
UF6 | NpF3
NpF4
NpF5
NpF6
| PuF3
PuF4
PuF5
PuF6 | AmF3
AmF4
AmF6 | CmF3 | Bk | Cf | Es | Fm | Md | No |  |

PF6−, AsF6−, SbF6− compounds|

* AgPF6
* KAsF6
* LiAsF6
* NaAsF6
* HPF6
* HSbF6
* NH4PF6
* KPF6
* KSbF6
* LiPF6
* NaPF6
* NaSbF6
* TlPF6

AlF6− compounds|

* Cs2AlF5
* K3AlF6
* Na3AlF6

chlorides, bromides, iodides
and pseudohalogenides|

* BaClF
* CFN
* ClFO2

SiF62-, GeF62- compounds|

* BaSiF6
* BaGeF6
* (NH4)2SiF6
* Na2[SiF6]
* K2[SiF6]

Oxyfluorides|

* BrOF3
* BrO2F
* BrO3F
* LaOF
* ThOF2
* VOF

* TcO

* WOF

* YOF
* ClOF3
* ClO2F3

Organofluorides|

* CBrF3
* CBr2F2
* CBr3F
* CClF3
* CCl2F2
* CCl3F
* CF2O
* CF3I
* CHF3
* CH2F2
* CH3F
* C2Cl3F3
* C2H3F
* C6H5F
* C7H5F3
* C15F33N
* C3H5F
* C6H11F

with transition metal,
lanthanide, actinide, ammonium|

* VOF3
* CrOF4
* CrF2O2
* NH4F
* Li2TiF6
* K2TiF6
* Na2TiF6
* Na2ZrF6
* K2NbF7
* K2TaF7
* UO2F2

nitric acids|

* FNO
* FNO2
* FNO3

bifluorides|

* KHF2
* NaHF2
* NH4HF2

thionyl, phosphoryl,
and iodosyl|

* F2OS
* F3OP
* PSF3
* IOF3
* IO3F
* IOF5
* IO2F
* IO2F3

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