Lead compounds

This article is about compounds of the element lead. For pharmacological drugs likely to be therapeutically useful, see Lead compound.
Tarnished lead (left) and shiny lead (right)

Compounds of lead exist with lead in two main oxidation states: +2 and +4. The former is more common. Inorganic lead(IV) compounds are typically strong oxidants or exist only in highly acidic solutions.[1]

Red α-PbO and yellow β-PbO
The mixed valence oxide Pb3O4
Black PbO2 which is a strong oxidizer
  1. ^ Polyanskiy 1986, pp. 14–15.