Preparation and crystal structure of osmium pentaluoride
- 1 January 1971
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in J. Chem. Soc. A
- p. 2789-2794
- https://doi.org/10.1039/j19710002789
Abstract
The preparation of osmium pentafluoride is described. Crystal of the solid are monoclinic, space group P21/c, a= 5·53, b= 9·91, c= 12·59 Å, β= 99·5°. The structure was refined by three-dimensional least-squares methods, the final R being 0·106 for 642 independent reflections. The compound is isostructural with ruthenium pentafluoride. The structural unit is a tetramer with osmium atoms at the corners of a rhombus, non-linearly linked by bridging fluorine atoms. The fluorine atoms have been shown to form an approximately hexagonal closepacked lattice.Keywords
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