Osmium pentafluoride

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| CASNo = 31576-40-6

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| PubChem = 15797581

| StdInChI=1S/5FH.Os/h5*1H;/q;;;;;+5/p-5

| StdInChIKey = RFWLPKSDISVSGM-UHFFFAOYSA-I

| SMILES = F[Os](F)(F)(F)F

| SMILES_Comment = monomer

| SMILES1 = F[Os-]1(F)(F)(F)[F+][Os-](F)(F)(F)(F)[F+][Os-](F)(F)(F)(F)[F+][Os-](F)(F)(F)(F)[F+]1

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Osmium pentafluoride is an inorganic compound with the formula OsF5. It is a blue-green solid. Like the pentafluorides of Ru, Rh, and Ir, OsF5 exists as a tetramer in the solid state.

Preparation

Osmium pentafluoride can be prepared by reduction of osmium hexafluoride with iodine as a solution in iodine pentafluoride:{{cite journal| author = Holloway, John H.| author2 = Mitchell, S. J. | title= Preparation and Crystal Structure of Osmium Pentafluoride| journal= Journal of the Chemical Society | year= 1971|pages=2789–94|doi=10.1039/J19710002789}}

:10 OsF6 + I2 → 10 OsF5 + 2 IF5

References

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