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The Synthesis, Characterization and Reactivity of a Series of Ruthenium N-triphosPh Complexes
Published on: April 10, 2015
Plasmachemical Syntheses of RuF6, RhF6, and PtF6
Tobias Chemnitz1, Björn N Koch2, Magnus R Buchner2
1Forschungs-Neutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz, TU München, Lichtenbergstraße 1, 85748 Garching, Germany.
Abstract:
Starting from the respective metal M, we have synthesized the hexafluorides MF6 of M = Ru, Rh, and Pt by the use of a laser-based heating system and a remote fluorine plasma source using a mixture of Ar and NF3 as the feed gas. The formation of the hexafluorides was confirmed by several different spectroscopic methods, including IR, Raman, UV/vis, and NMR spectroscopy. In addition, we present first experimental hints that RuF6 is more reactive than PtF6, because RuF6 is able to oxidize lower fluorides of platinum to PtF6.
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