NOVEL SYNTHESES OF SOME BINARY FLUORIDES: THE ROLE OF ANHYDROUS HYDROGEN FLUORIDE

Zoran Mazej, Karel Lutar and Boris Žemva

Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Abstract

The novel syntheses of MnF₃, CoF₃, BiF₃, Pd₂F₆, PdF₄, LaF₃ and SmF₃, using the approach in liquid anhydrous hydrogen fluoride as a solvent at room temperature are described. Some advantages, like mild reaction conditions and purity of the reaction products, are discussed in comparison to the methods described so far for the syntheses of these binary fluorides.