Palladium(IV) fluoride
Encyclopedia
Palladium fluoride, also known as palladium tetrafluoride, is the chemical compound
of palladium
and fluorine
with the chemical formula
PdF4. The palladium atoms in PdF4 are in the +4 oxidation state
.
with fluorine gas at pressures around 7 atm and at 300 °C for several days.
in moist air.
Chemical compound
A chemical compound is a pure chemical substance consisting of two or more different chemical elements that can be separated into simpler substances by chemical reactions. Chemical compounds have a unique and defined chemical structure; they consist of a fixed ratio of atoms that are held together...
of palladium
Palladium
Palladium is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Pd and an atomic number of 46. It is a rare and lustrous silvery-white metal discovered in 1803 by William Hyde Wollaston. He named it after the asteroid Pallas, which was itself named after the epithet of the Greek goddess Athena, acquired...
and fluorine
Fluorine
Fluorine is the chemical element with atomic number 9, represented by the symbol F. It is the lightest element of the halogen column of the periodic table and has a single stable isotope, fluorine-19. At standard pressure and temperature, fluorine is a pale yellow gas composed of diatomic...
with the chemical formula
Chemical formula
A chemical formula or molecular formula is a way of expressing information about the atoms that constitute a particular chemical compound....
PdF4. The palladium atoms in PdF4 are in the +4 oxidation state
Oxidation state
In chemistry, the oxidation state is an indicator of the degree of oxidation of an atom in a chemical compound. The formal oxidation state is the hypothetical charge that an atom would have if all bonds to atoms of different elements were 100% ionic. Oxidation states are typically represented by...
.
Synthesis
Palladium tetrafluoride has been prepared by reacting palladium(II,IV) fluoridePalladium(II,IV) fluoride
Palladium fluoride, also known as palladium trifluoride, is a chemical compound of palladium and fluorine. It has the empirical formula PdF3, but is better described as the mixed-valence compound palladium hexafluoropalladate, PdII[PdIVF6] and is often written as Pd[PdF6] or...
with fluorine gas at pressures around 7 atm and at 300 °C for several days.
Reactivity
PdF4 is a strong oxidising agent and undergoes rapid hydrolysisHydrolysis
Hydrolysis is a chemical reaction during which molecules of water are split into hydrogen cations and hydroxide anions in the process of a chemical mechanism. It is the type of reaction that is used to break down certain polymers, especially those made by condensation polymerization...
in moist air.