The fluorobasicities of ReF7 and IF7 as measured by the enthalpy change ΔH°(EF7(g) → EF6+(g) + F-(g))

Neil Bartlett, Sam Yeh, Kostantinos Kourtakis, Tom Mallouk

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Abstract

Iridium hexafluoride oxidizes ReF6 (via an ReF6+ salt) and at room temperatures IrF6, ReF6, ReF7 and (IrF5)4 are each present in the equilibrium mixture. From these and related findings: ΔH°(ReF6 → ReF6+ + e-) 1092 ± 27 kj mole-1(261 ± 6 kcal mole-1), and thermodynamic data are selected to yield ΔH°(ReF7(g) → ReF6+(g) + F-(g))=893 ± 33 kj mole-1(213 ± 8 kcal mole-1). From observations on the stability of IF6+BF4- and the lattice enthalpy evaluation for the salt, ΔH°(IF7(g) → IF6+(g) + F-(g))= 870 ± 24 kj mole-1(208 ± 6 kcal mole-1).

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)97-116
Number of pages20
JournalJournal of Fluorine Chemistry
Volume26
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 1984

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Biochemistry
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry

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