Issue 18, 2009
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Dalton Transactions

The transition metal hexafluorides

Matthias Johann Molskia  and  Konrad Seppelt*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Chemie und Biochemie, Fabeckstrasse 34–36, Berlin, Germany
E-mail: seppelt@chemie.fu-berlin.de

Abstract

The nine transition metal hexafluorides present a unique series of closely related compounds. Deviations from octahedral structures are influenced by Jahn–Teller effects and spin orbit coupling. The most pronounced chemical behaviour is the increasing electron affinity in the direction WF6→ PtF6 and MoF6→ RuF6, so that with PtF6 and RuF6 values of 7 eV or higher are reached. All hexafluorides can be used as one electron oxidants, starting with mild (WF6) up to extreme (PtF6, RuF6) oxidation power.

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B821121C
Article type
Perspective
Submitted
26 Nov 2008
Accepted
05 Jan 2009
First published
18 Feb 2009

Dalton Trans., 2009, 3379-3383

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