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Osmium pentafluoride

Osmium pentafluoride is an inorganic compound with the formula OsF<sub>5</sub>. It is a blue-green solid. Like the pentafluorides of Ru, Rh, and Ir, OsF<sub>5</sub> exists as a tetramer in the solid state.

Preparation

Osmium pentafluoride can be prepared by reduction of osmium hexafluoride with iodine as a solution in iodine pentafluoride:

10 OsF<sub>6</sub> + I<sub>2</sub> → 10 OsF<sub>5</sub> + 2 IF<sub>5</sub>

It can also be prepared by treating a solution of osmium hexafluoride in anhydrous hydrogen fluoride with hydrogen or silicon. Platinum gauze or UV irradiation increase the reaction rate.

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