Polonium hexafluoride

Polonium hexafluoride
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
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).
Infobox references

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

210
Po + 3 F
2 → 210
PoF
6

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

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

References

  1. 1 2 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. ↑ Weinstock, B., Chernick, C.L.: The preparation of a volatile polonium fluoride. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 82, 4116–4117 (1960)
  4. ↑ https://books.google.com.ru/books?id=8qePsa3V8GQC&pg=PA214&lpg=PA214&dq=polonium+difluoride&source=bl&ots=5aalmjMNj4&sig=_veRLpEhqDygn6tZzqzKcgKAMnw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiknpXj4-_NAhXENo8KHbnmA6kQ6AEIOTAF#v=onepage&q=polonium%20difluoride&f=false
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