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| OtherNames = Iridium tetrafluoride
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| Formula = IrF4
| MolarMass = 268.2109 g/mol
| Appearance = dark brown solid
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”’Iridium(IV) fluoride”’ is a chemical compound of [[iridium]] and [[fluorine]], with the chemical formula IrF<sub>4</sub> and is a dark brown solid.<ref name = ‘Greenwood’>Greenwood&Earnshaw}}</ref> Early reports of IrF<sub>4</sub> prior to 1965 are questionable and appear to describe the compound [[iridium(V) fluoride|IrF<sub>5</sub>]].<ref name = ‘Greenwood’/> The solid can be prepared by reduction of IrF<sub>5</sub> with iridium black<ref name = ‘Greenwood’/> or reduction with H<sub>2</sub> in aqueous HF<ref>{{cite journal | title = Reductive syntheses of transition metal fluoride compounds. Synthesis of rhenium, osmium, and iridium pentafluorides and tetrafluorides | journal = Robert T. Paine, Larned B. Asprey | journal = [[Inorg. Chem.]] | volume = 14 | issue = 5 | year = 1975 | pages = 1111 – 1113 | doi = 10.1021/ic50147a030}}}</ref> The crystal structure of the solid is notable as it was the first example fo a three dimensional lattice structure found for a metal tetrafluoride and subsequently RhF<sub>4</sub>, PdF<sub>4</sub> and PtF<sub>4</sub> have been found to have the same structure.<ref name = ‘Wells’> Wells A.F. (1984) ”Structural Inorganic Chemistry” 5th edition Oxford Science Publications ISBN 0-19-855370-6 </ref> The structure has 6 coordinate, octahedral, iridium where two edges of the octahedra are shared and the two unshared fluorine atoms are ”cis” to one another.<ref name = ‘Wells’/>
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| IUPACName =
| OtherNames = Iridium tetrafluoride
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| CASNo = 37501-24-9
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| Section2 = {{Chembox Properties
| Formula = IrF4
| MolarMass = 268.2109 g/mol
| Appearance = dark brown solid
| Density =
| MeltingPt =
| BoilingPt =
| Solubility = }}
| Section3 = {{Chembox Hazards
| MainHazards =
| FlashPt =
| Autoignition = }}
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”’Iridium(IV) fluoride”’ is a chemical compound of [[iridium]] and [[fluorine]], with the chemical formula IrF<sub>4</sub> and is a dark brown solid.<ref name = ‘Greenwood’>Greenwood&Earnshaw}}</ref> Early reports of IrF<sub>4</sub> prior to 1965 are questionable and appear to describe the compound [[iridium(V) fluoride|IrF<sub>5</sub>]].<ref name = ‘Greenwood’/> The solid can be prepared by reduction of IrF<sub>5</sub> with iridium black<ref name = ‘Greenwood’/> or reduction with H<sub>2</sub> in aqueous HF<ref>{{cite journal | title = Reductive syntheses of transition metal fluoride compounds. Synthesis of rhenium, osmium, and iridium pentafluorides and tetrafluorides | journal = Robert T. Paine, Larned B. Asprey | journal = [[Inorg. Chem.]] | volume = 14 | issue = 5 | year = 1975 | pages = 1111 – 1113 | doi = 10.1021/ic50147a030}}}</ref> The crystal structure of the solid is notable as it was the first example fo a three dimensional lattice structure found for a metal tetrafluoride and subsequently RhF<sub>4</sub>, PdF<sub>4</sub> and PtF<sub>4</sub> have been found to have the same structure.<ref name = ‘Wells’> Wells A.F. (1984) ”Structural Inorganic Chemistry” 5th edition Oxford Science Publications ISBN 0-19-855370-6 </ref> The structure has 6 coordinate, octahedral, iridium where two edges of the octahedra are shared and the two unshared fluorine atoms are ”cis” to one another.<ref name = ‘Wells’/>
==References==
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[[Category:Iridium compounds]]
[[Category:Fluorides]]
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