Density 5.76 g/cm³ | ||
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Appearance pale violet crystalline solid; hygroscopic | ||
Palladium(II) fluoride, also known as palladium difluoride, is the chemical compound of palladium and fluorine with the formula PdF2.
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Synthesis
PdF2 is prepared by refluxing palladium(II,IV) fluoride, PdII[PdIVF6], with selenium tetrafluoride, SeF4.
Pd[PdF6] + SeF4 → 2PdF2 + SeF6Structure and paramagnetism
Like its lighter congener nickel(II) fluoride, PdF2 adopts a rutile-type crystal structure, containing octahedrally coordinated palladium, which has the electronic configuration t6
2g e2
g. This configuration causes PdF2 to be paramagnetic due to two unpaired electrons, one in each eg-symmetry orbital of palladium.
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