Americium hexafluoride
Names
Other names
Americium(VI) fluoride
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
  • InChI=1S/Am.6FH/h;6*1H/q+6;;;;;;/p-6
    Key: MOPXCOMYGFTBPM-UHFFFAOYSA-H
  • F[Am](F)(F)(F)(F)F
Properties
AmF6
Molar mass 357 g·mol−1
Related compounds
Related compounds
 Uranium hexafluoride
Curium hexafluoride
Einsteinium hexafluoride
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Americium hexafluoride is an inorganic chemical compound of americium metal and fluorine with the chemical formula AmF
6. It is still a hypothetical compound.[1][2] Synthesis by fluorination of americium tetrafluoride was unsuccessfully attempted in 1990.[3] A thermochromatographic identification in 1986 remains inconclusive.[4] Calculations suggest that it may be distorted from octahedral symmetry.[4]

Synthesis

It is proposed that AmF
6 can be prepared by in both the condensed and gaseous states by the reaction of KrF
2 with AmF
3 in anhydrous HF at 313–333 K.[5]

AmF3 + KrF2 → AmF6 + Kr[6]

References

  1. ^ Meyer, G.; Morss, L. R. (6 December 2012). Synthesis of Lanthanide and Actinide Compounds. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 80. ISBN 978-94-011-3758-4. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  2. ^ O'Donnell, T. A. (8 June 2017). The Chemistry of Fluorine: Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry. Elsevier. p. 1093. ISBN 978-1-4831-4642-3. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  3. ^ Malm, J. G.; Weinstock, B.; Weaver, E. E. (1958). "The Preparation and Properties of NpF6; a Comparison with PuF6". The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 62 (12): 1506–1508. doi:10.1021/j150570a009.
  4. ^ a b Seppelt, Konrad (2015). "Molecular Hexafluorides". Chemical Reviews. 115 (2): 1296–1306. doi:10.1021/cr5001783. PMID 25418862.
  5. ^ Silva, R. J.; Bidoglio, G.; Robouch, P. B.; Puigdomenech, I.; Wanner, H.; Rand, M. H. (2 December 2012). Chemical Thermodynamics of Americium. Newnes. p. 114. ISBN 978-0-444-59935-3. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  6. ^ Прусаков, Владимир Николаевич (2013). Избранные научные труды (in Russian). Rosatom. p. 59. Retrieved 29 March 2023.


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