Rhenium pentafluoride explained

Rhenium pentafluoride is a binary inorganic compound of rhenium and fluorine with the chemical formula .^[1] This is a salt of rhenium and hydrofluoric acid.^[2]

Synthesis

Rhenium pentafluoride can be synthesised by the reduction of rhenium hexafluoride with hydrogen, rhenium, or tungsten:

Physical properties

Rhenium pentafluoride forms yellow-green crystals^[3] of orthorhombic crystal system, cell parameters a = 0.57 nm, b = 1.723 nm, c = 0.767 nm.

Rhenium pentafluoride reacts with water.

Rhenium pentafluoride is volatile. The compound consists of dimers of composition .

Notes and References

1. Book: Gutmann . Viktor . Halogen Chemistry . 2 December 2012 . . 978-0-323-14847-4 . 192 . 6 April 2023 . en.
2. Book: Hawkins . Donald T. . Binary Fluorides: Free Molecular Structures and Force Fields A Bibliography (1957–1975) . 6 December 2012 . . 978-1-4684-6147-3 . 50 . 6 April 2023 . en.
3. Book: Colton . Ray . The Chemistry of Rhenium and Technetium . 1965 . . 978-0-470-16650-5 . 59 . 6 April 2023 . en.