Lithium hexafluorotungstate

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Lithium hexafluorotungstate
Names
Other names
Lithium hexafluorotungstate(V)
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
  • InChI=1S/6FH.Li.W/h6*1H;;/q;;;;;;+1;+5/p-6
    Key: QVIONVCQUNIUMJ-UHFFFAOYSA-H
  • .()()()()
Properties
LiWF6
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C , 100 kPa).

Lithium hexafluorotungstate is an inorganic chemical compound with the chemical formula LiWF6.[1][2]

Synthesis

Lithium hexafluorotungstate can be prepared by reacting lithium iodide and tungsten hexafluoride in liquid sulfur dioxide.[3]

Physical properties

The compound has the LiSbF6 structure with unit cell parameters a=5.45 Å, α=57.4°.[4]

Chemical properties

Lithium hexafluorotungstenate is unstable and decomposes in a vacuum at 50 °C. It can react in an alkaline solution of hypochlorite as follows:[5]

2 LiWF6 + ClO + 14 OH → 2 Li+ + 2 WO42− + Cl + 12 F + 7 H2O

References

  1. ^ Bard, Allen J.; Parsons, Roger; Jordan, Joseph (27 August 1985). Standard Potentials in Aqueous Solution. CRC Press. p. 499. ISBN 978-0-8247-7291-8. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  2. ^ Macintyre, Jane E. (23 July 1992). Dictionary of Inorganic Compounds. CRC Press. p. 2338. ISBN 978-0-412-30120-9. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  3. ^ Kemmitt, R. D. W.; Russell, D. R.; Sharp, D. W. A. (1 January 1963). "844. The structural chemistry of complex fluorides of general formula AIBVF6". Journal of the Chemical Society: 4408–4413. doi:10.1039/JR9630004408. ISSN 0368-1769. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  4. ^ Babel, D. (1967). "Structural chemistry of octahedral fluorocomplexes of the transition elements". Structure and Bonding. 3. Springer: 1–87. doi:10.1007/BFb0118878. ISBN 978-3-540-03990-7. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  5. ^ Burgess, J.; Peacock, R.D. (December 1977). "The fluoride ion affinity of tungsten pentafluoride and the electron affinity of tungsten hexafluoride". Journal of Fluorine Chemistry. 10 (6): 479–486. Bibcode:1977JFluC..10..479B. doi:10.1016/S0022-1139(00)82428-8. Retrieved 17 July 2024.