Iridium(V) fluoride, IrF5, is a chemical compound of iridium and fluorine. A highly reactive yellow low melting solid, it has a tetrameric structure, Ir4F20, which contains octahedrally coordinated iridium atoms.[1] This structure is shared with RuF5 and OsF5. It can be prepared by the controlled decomposition of IrF6[1] or the reduction of IrF6 with silicon powder or H2 in anhydrous HF.[2][3]


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  1. ^ a b Egon Wiberg, Arnold Frederick Holleman (2001) Inorganic Chemistry, Elsevier ISBN 0-12-352651-5
  2. ^ Paine, Robert T.; Asprey, Larned B. (1975). "Reductive syntheses of transition metal fluoride compounds. Synthesis of rhenium, osmium, and iridium pentafluorides and tetrafluorides". Inorganic Chemistry. 14 (5): 1111–1113. doi:10.1021/ic50147a030.
  3. ^ Bartlett, Neil; Rao, P. R. (1965). "Iridium pentafluoride". Chem. Commun. (12): 252–253. doi:10.1039/C19650000252.