Polonium hexafluoride (PoF6) is a possible chemical compound of polonium and fluorine and one of the seventeen known binary hexafluorides.
Synthesis
The synthesis of PoF6 via the reaction
210Po + 3 F2 → 210PoF6was attempted in 1945, but the attempt was unsuccessful. The boiling point was predicted to be about −40 °C.2
208PoF6 was probably successfully synthesised via the same reaction in 1960 with the more stable isotope 208Po,3: 594 where a volatile polonium fluoride was produced,4 but it was not fully characterized before it underwent radiolysis and decomposed to polonium tetrafluoride.56
References
Holleman, Arnold Frederik; Wiberg, Egon (2001), Wiberg, Nils (ed.), Inorganic Chemistry, translated by Eagleson, Mary; Brewer, William, San Diego/Berlin: Academic Press/De Gruyter, p. 594, ISBN 0-12-352651-5 0-12-352651-5 ↩
Summary of work to date on volatile neutron source, Monsanto Chemical Company, Unit 3 abstracts of progress reports, August 16–31, 1945; Abstract; PDF. https://www.osti.gov/bridge/product.biblio.jsp?osti_id=443206 ↩
Holleman, Arnold Frederik; Wiberg, Egon (2001), Wiberg, Nils (ed.), Inorganic Chemistry, translated by Eagleson, Mary; Brewer, William, San Diego/Berlin: Academic Press/De Gruyter, p. 594, ISBN 0-12-352651-5 0-12-352651-5 ↩
Seppelt, Konrad (2015). "Molecular Hexafluorides". Chemical Reviews. 115 (2): 1296–1306. doi:10.1021/cr5001783. PMID 25418862. /wiki/Doi_(identifier) ↩
Weinstock, B., Chernick, C.L.: The preparation of a volatile polonium fluoride. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 82, 4116–4117 (1960) ↩
Advances in Inorganic Chemistry and Radiochemistry. Academic Press. January 1962. ISBN 9780080578538. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) 9780080578538 ↩