Tetrafluoride Explained

A tetrafluoride is a chemical compound with four fluorines in its formula.

List of tetrafluorides

• Argon tetrafluoride, (hypothetical)
• Americium tetrafluoride,
• Berkelium tetrafluoride,
• Californium tetrafluoride,
• Carbon tetrafluoride (tetrafluoromethane)
• Cerium tetrafluoride,
• Cobalt tetrafluoride,
• Curium tetrafluoride,
• Diboron tetrafluoride,, a colorless gas
• Dinitrogen tetrafluoride, (Tetrafluorohydrazine)
• Einsteinium tetrafluoride,
• Germanium tetrafluoride,
• Hafnium tetrafluoride,
• Iridium tetrafluoride,
• Iron tetrafluoride,
• Krypton tetrafluoride, (predicted)
• Lead tetrafluoride,
• Manganese tetrafluoride,
• Mercury tetrafluoride, (dubious)
• Molybdenum tetrafluoride,
• Neodymium tetrafluoride, ^[1]
• Neptunium tetrafluoride,
• Niobium tetrafluoride,
• Oganesson tetrafluoride, (predicted)^[2]
• Osmium tetrafluoride,
• Palladium tetrafluoride,
• Platinum tetrafluoride,
• Plutonium tetrafluoride,
• Polonium tetrafluoride,, decomposes via radiolysis.
• Praseodymium tetrafluoride,
• Protactinium tetrafluoride,
• Radon tetrafluoride, (predicted)
• Rhenium tetrafluoride,
• Selenium tetrafluoride,, a liquid at standard conditions
• Silicon tetrafluoride, or Tetrafluorosilane
• Sulfur tetrafluoride,, a gas at standard conditions
• Tellurium tetrafluoride,, a stable, white, hygroscopic crystalline solid
• Terbium tetrafluoride,
• Thionyl tetrafluoride,
• Thorium tetrafluoride,
• Tin tetrafluoride,
• Titanium tetrafluoride,
• Tungsten tetrafluoride,
• Uranium tetrafluoride,, a green crystalline solid
• Vanadium tetrafluoride,
• Xenon tetrafluoride,
• Zirconium tetrafluoride,

Ions

Some atoms can form a complex ion with four fluorine atoms which may form compounds containing the term tetrafluoride. Examples include

• Tetrafluoroaluminate,
• Tetrafluoroberyllate,
• Tetrafluoroborate,
• Tetrafluoromagnesate,
• Tetrafluoroammonium,

See also

• Fluorination by sulfur tetrafluoride produces organofluorine compounds from oxidized organic compounds, including alcohols, carbonyl compounds, alkyl halides, and others

Notes and References

1. Book: Progress in Inorganic Chemistry . Jan 1960 . Wiley . 978-0-470-17622-1 . Cotton . F. Albert . 1 . 2 . en . 10.1002/9780470166031.
2. Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 103. 8. 1104–1108. 1999. Structures of RgFn (Rg = Xe, Rn, and Element 118. n = 2, 4.) Calculated by Two-component Spin-Orbit Methods. A Spin-Orbit Induced Isomer of (118)F₄. Young-Kyu. Han. Yoon Sup. Lee. 10.1021/jp983665k.