ruthenium(III) fluoride

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| CASNo=51621-05-7

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| PubChem = 12011490

| ChemSpiderID = 57450713

| StdInChI=1S/3FH.Ru/h3*1H;/q;;;+3/p-3

| StdInChIKey = YRQNNUGOBNRKKW-UHFFFAOYSA-K

| SMILES=F[Ru](F)F

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| Appearance= dark brown solid{{citation|surname1=R. Blachnik|title=Taschenbuch für Chemiker und Physiker Band 3: Elemente, anorganische Verbindungen und Materialien, Minerale|publisher=Springer-Verlag|year=2013|at=p. 700|isbn=978-3-642-58842-6|language=German|url={{Google books URL|qY0iBgAAQBAJ||page=700}}

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| Ru=1|F=3

| Density= 5,36 g·cm−3

| MeltingPt= 600 °C{{citation|surname1=William M. Haynes|title=CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics|publisher=CRC Press|year=2014|at=p. 86|isbn=978-1-4822-0868-9|language=German|url={{Google books URL|bNDMBQAAQBAJ||page=86}}

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| Solubility= insoluble

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| OtherAnions=Ruthenium(III) chloride
Ruthenium(III) bromide
Ruthenium(III) iodide

| OtherCations=Rhodium(III) fluoride

| OtherCompounds=Ruthenium(IV) fluoride
Ruthenium(V) fluoride
Ruthenium(VI) fluoride

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Ruthenium(III) fluoride is a fluoride of ruthenium, with the chemical formula of RuF3.

Preparation

Ruthenium(III) fluoride can be obtained from the reduction of ruthenium(V) fluoride by iodine at 250 °C:{{citation|surname1=A. F. Holleman|title=Lehrbuch der anorganischen Chemie|publisher=Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG|year=2019|at=p. 1418|isbn=978-3-11-083817-6|language=German|url={{Google books URL|1HeVDwAAQBAJ||page=1418}}

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:{{chem2 | 5 RuF5 + I2 -> 5 RuF3 + 2 IF5 }}

Properties

Ruthenium(III) fluoride is a dark brown solid that is insoluble in water. It has a space group of R{{overline|3}}c (No. 167).M. A. Hepworth, K. H. Jack u. a.: The crystal structures of the trifluorides of iron, cobalt, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium and iridium. In: Acta Crystallographica. 10, 1957, S. 63, {{doi|10.1107/S0365110X57000158}}.

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