A tetrafluoride is a chemical compound with four fluorines in its formula.
List of tetrafluorides
edit- Argon tetrafluoride, ArF4 (hypothetical)
- Americium tetrafluoride, AmF4
- Berkelium tetrafluoride, BkF4
- Californium tetrafluoride, CfF4
- Carbon tetrafluoride (tetrafluoromethane)
- Cerium tetrafluoride, CeF4
- Cobalt tetrafluoride, CoF4
- Curium tetrafluoride, CmF4
- Diboron tetrafluoride, B2F4, a colorless gas
- Dinitrogen tetrafluoride, N2F4 (Tetrafluorohydrazine)
- Einsteinium tetrafluoride, EsF4
- Germanium tetrafluoride, GeF4
- Hafnium tetrafluoride, HfF4
- Iridium tetrafluoride, IrF4
- Iron tetrafluoride, FeF4
- Krypton tetrafluoride, KrF4 (predicted)
- Lead tetrafluoride, PbF4
- Manganese tetrafluoride, MnF4
- Mercury tetrafluoride, HgF4 (dubious)
- Molybdenum tetrafluoride, MoF4
- Neodymium tetrafluoride, NdF4[1]
- Neptunium tetrafluoride, NpF4
- Niobium tetrafluoride, NbF4
- Oganesson tetrafluoride, OgF4 (predicted)[2]
- Osmium tetrafluoride, OsF4
- Palladium tetrafluoride, PdF4
- Platinum tetrafluoride, PtF4
- Plutonium tetrafluoride, PuF4
- Polonium tetrafluoride, PoF4, decomposes via radiolysis.
- Praseodymium tetrafluoride, PrF4
- Protactinium tetrafluoride, PaF4
- Radon tetrafluoride, RnF4 (predicted)
- Rhenium tetrafluoride, ReF4
- Selenium tetrafluoride, SeF4, a liquid at standard conditions
- Silicon tetrafluoride, SiF4 or Tetrafluorosilane
- Sulfur tetrafluoride, SF4, a gas at standard conditions
- Tellurium tetrafluoride, TeF4, a stable, white, hygroscopic crystalline solid
- Terbium tetrafluoride, TbF4
- Thionyl tetrafluoride, SOF4
- Thorium tetrafluoride, ThF4
- Tin tetrafluoride, SnF4
- Titanium tetrafluoride, TiF4
- Tungsten tetrafluoride, WF4
- Uranium tetrafluoride, UF4, a green crystalline solid
- Vanadium tetrafluoride, VF4
- Xenon tetrafluoride, XeF4
- Zirconium tetrafluoride, ZrF4
Ions
editSome atoms can form a complex ion with four fluorine atoms which may form compounds containing the term tetrafluoride. Examples include
- Tetrafluoroaluminate, [AlF4]−
- Tetrafluoroberyllate, [BeF4]2−
- Tetrafluoroborate, [BF4]−
- Tetrafluoromagnesate, [MgF4]2−
- Tetrafluoroammonium, [NF4]+
See also
edit- Fluorination by sulfur tetrafluoride produces organofluorine compounds from oxidized organic compounds, including alcohols, carbonyl compounds, alkyl halides, and others
References
edit- ^ Cotton, F. Albert, ed. (Jan 1960). Progress in Inorganic Chemistry. Vol. 2 (1 ed.). Wiley. doi:10.1002/9780470166031. ISBN 978-0-470-17622-1.
- ^ Han, Young-Kyu; Lee, Yoon Sup (1999). "Structures of RgFn (Rg = Xe, Rn, and Element 118. n = 2, 4.) Calculated by Two-component Spin-Orbit Methods. A Spin-Orbit Induced Isomer of (118)F4". Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 103 (8): 1104–1108. doi:10.1021/jp983665k.