Molybdenum hexafluoride

Molybdenum hexafluoride
Names
IUPAC names
molybdenum(VI) fluoride
Other names
molybdenum hexafluoride
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
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EC Number
  • 232-026-5
UNII
  • InChI=1S/6FH.Mo/h6*1H;/q;;;;;;+6/p-6
  • F[Mo](F)(F)(F)(F)F
Properties
MoF6
Molar mass 209.93 g/mol
Appearance white crystals[1] or colorless liquid
hygroscopic
Density 3.50 g/cm3[2]
Melting point 17.5 °C (63.5 °F; 290.6 K)[1]
Boiling point 34.0 °C (93.2 °F; 307.1 K)[1]
hydrolyzes
−26.0·10−6 cm3/mol
Structure
Orthorhombic, oP28
Pnma, No. 62
octahedral (Oh)
0
Related compounds
Other cations
Tungsten hexafluoride
Uranium hexafluoride
Molybdenum(VI) chloride
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Molybdenum hexafluoride, also molybdenum(VI) fluoride, is the inorganic compound with the formula MoF6. It is the highest fluoride of molybdenum. It is a colourless solid and melts just below room temperature and boils in 34 °C.[3] It is one of the seventeen known binary hexafluorides.

  1. ^ a b c 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. ^ 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. ^ Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.

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