Rhodium hexafluoride

Rhodium hexafluoride
Names
IUPAC name
rhodium(VI) fluoride
Other names
rhodium hexafluoride
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
  • Key: PDNXMXVYNVZBTD-UHFFFAOYSA-H
  • InChI=1/6FH.2Rh/h6*1H;;/q;;;;;;+6/p-6
  • F[Rh](F)(F)(F)(F)F
Properties
F6Rh
Molar mass 216.91 g/mol
Appearance black crystalline solid[1]
Density 3.71g/mL[2]
Melting point ≈ 70 °C (158 °F; 343 K)[1]
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Rhodium hexafluoride, also rhodium(VI) fluoride, (RhF6) is the inorganic compound of rhodium and fluorine. A black volatile solid,[1] it is a highly reactive material, and a rare example of a rhodium(VI) compound. It is one of seventeen known binary hexafluorides.

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