Polonium hexafluoride
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
  • InChI=1S/6FH.Po/h6*1H;/q;;;;;;+6/p-6
    Key: RAVVYVDKSAGRIR-UHFFFAOYSA-H
  • F[Po](F)(F)(F)(F)F
Properties
PoF6
Molar mass 322.97 g/mol
Appearance white solid
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Polonium hexafluoride (PoF6) is a possible chemical compound of polonium and fluorine and one of the seventeen known binary hexafluorides.[1]

Synthesis

The synthesis of PoF6 via the reaction

210Po + 3 F2 → 210PoF6

was attempted in 1945, but the attempt was unsuccessful. The boiling point was predicted to be about −40 °C.[2]

208PoF6 was probably successfully synthesised via the same reaction in 1960 with the more stable isotope 208Po,[1]: 594  where a volatile polonium fluoride was produced,[3] but it was not fully characterized before it underwent radiolysis and decomposed to polonium tetrafluoride.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ a b Holleman, Arnold Frederik; Wiberg, Egon (2001), Wiberg, Nils (ed.), Inorganic Chemistry, translated by Eagleson, Mary; Brewer, William, San Diego/Berlin: Academic Press/De Gruyter, p. 594, ISBN 0-12-352651-5
  2. ^ Summary of work to date on volatile neutron source, Monsanto Chemical Company, Unit 3 abstracts of progress reports, August 16–31, 1945; Abstract; PDF.
  3. ^ Seppelt, Konrad (2015). "Molecular Hexafluorides". Chemical Reviews. 115 (2): 1296–1306. doi:10.1021/cr5001783. PMID 25418862.
  4. ^ Weinstock, B., Chernick, C.L.: The preparation of a volatile polonium fluoride. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 82, 4116–4117 (1960)
  5. ^ Advances in Inorganic Chemistry and Radiochemistry. Academic Press. January 1962. ISBN 9780080578538.
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