Molybdenum(V) fluoride

Molybdenum pentafluoride

Yellow solid

Fixed

3.5 g · cm -3

64 ° C.

212 ° C

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Molybdenum ( V ) fluoride is an inorganic chemical compound of molybdenum from the group of fluorides.

Production and representation

Molybdenum (V ) fluoride can be obtained by reaction of molybdenum hexacarbonyl with fluorine at -78 ° C.

Properties

Molybdenum (V ) fluoride is a yellow, hydrolysis- solid, which fumes in the air. Its crystal structure can be described as a cyclic tetramer [ mof5 ] 4 from distorted octahedral.