cobalt tetrafluoride
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| Name = Cobalt tetrafluoride
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| OtherNames = Cobalt(IV) fluoride
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| SMILES = F[Co](F)(F)F
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| StdInChI = 1S/Co.4FH/h;4*1H/q+4;;;;/p-4
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| Formula = {{chem2|CoF4}}
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Cobalt tetrafluoride is a binary inorganic compound with a chemical formula of {{chem2|CoF4}}.{{cite journal |last1=Chilingarov |first1=N. S. |last2=Rau |first2=Julietta V. |last3=Nikitin |first3=A.V. |last4=Sidorov |first4=L.N. |title=Mass spectrometric study of fluorination in CoF2(s)- F and CoF2(s)-Pt(met)-F systems. |journal=Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry |date=September 1997 |volume=9 |issue=71 |pages=1619–1623 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233881871 |access-date=12 February 2024}}{{cite book |last1=Burke |first1=Robert |title=Hazardous Materials Chemistry for Emergency Responders, Third Edition |date=17 June 2013 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-1-4398-4985-9 |page=58 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_OvxeXyLfBQC&dq=%22cobalt+tetrafluoride+CoF4%22&pg=PA58 |access-date=12 February 2024 |language=en}}
Synthesis
Cobalt tetrafluoride was prepared is a gas-phase reaction of fluorination of {{chem2|CoF3}} by using Terbium(IV) fluoride as a fluorinating agent.{{cite book |last1=Haupt |first1=Axel |title=Organic and Inorganic Fluorine Chemistry: Methods and Applications |date=22 March 2021 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |isbn=978-3-11-065950-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d9whEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22cobalt+tetrafluoride+CoF4%22&pg=PT297 |access-date=12 February 2024 |language=en|page=297}}