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'''Tellurium tetrafluoride''', TeF<sub>4</sub>, is a stable, white, hygroscopic crystalline solid and is one of two fluorides of ]. The other binary fluoride is ]<ref name = "Wiberg">''Inorganic Chemistry'',Egon Wiberg, Arnold Frederick Holleman Elsevier 2001 ISBN 0-12-352651-5</ref>. The widely reported ] has been shown to be F<sub>5</sub>TeOTeF<sub>5</sub> <ref name = "Wiberg"/> There are other tellurium compounds that contain fluorine, but only the two mentioned contain solely tellurium and fluorine. Tellurium difluoride, TeF<sub>2</sub>, and ditellurium fluoride, Te<sub>2</sub>F are not known.<ref name = "Wiberg"/> '''Tellurium tetrafluoride''', TeF<sub>4</sub>, is a stable, white, hygroscopic crystalline solid and is one of two fluorides of ]. The other binary fluoride is ].<ref name = "Wiberg">''Inorganic Chemistry'',Egon Wiberg, Arnold Frederick Holleman Elsevier 2001 {{ISBN|0-12-352651-5}}</ref> The widely reported ] has been shown to be F<sub>5</sub>TeOTeF<sub>5</sub> <ref name = "Wiberg"/> There are other tellurium compounds that contain fluorine, but only the two mentioned contain solely tellurium and fluorine. Tellurium difluoride, TeF<sub>2</sub>, and ditellurium difluoride, Te<sub>2</sub>F<sub>2</sub> are not known.<ref name = "Wiberg"/>


==Preparation== ==Preparation==
Tellurium tetrafluoride can be prepared by the following reaction: Tellurium tetrafluoride can be prepared by the following reaction:


] + 2] → TeF<sub>4</sub> + 2] :] + 2] → TeF<sub>4</sub> + 2]


It is also prepared by reacting ] with tellurium or from the elements at 0 °C or by reacting ] with ] at 80 °C.<br> It is also prepared by reacting ] with tellurium or from the elements at 0&nbsp;°C or by reacting ] with ] at 80&nbsp;°C.<br>
Fluorine in nitrogen can react with ] or ] to form TeF<sub>4</sub>. ] will also fluorinate tellurium to TeF<sub>4</sub>. Fluorine in nitrogen can react with ] or ] to form TeF<sub>4</sub>. ] will also fluorinate tellurium to TeF<sub>4</sub>.


==Reactivity== ==Reactivity==
Tellurium tetrafluoride will react with ] or ] and forms tellurium oxides. ], ], ] or ] will react with tellurium tetrafluoride at 185 °C. It does not react with ]. It is soluble in ] and will precipitate out the complex TeF<sub>4</sub>SbF<sub>5</sub>. Tellurium tetrafluoride will react with ] or ] and forms tellurium oxides. ], ], ] or ] will react with tellurium tetrafluoride at 185&nbsp;°C. It does not react with ]. It is soluble in ] and will precipitate out the complex TeF<sub>4</sub>SbF<sub>5</sub>.


==Properties== ==Properties==
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Tellurium tetrafluoride melts at 130 °C and decomposes to ] at 194 °C. In the solid phase it consists of infinite chains of TeF<sub>3</sub>F<sub>2/2</sub> in an octahedral geometry. A lone pair of electrons occupies the sixth position. Tellurium tetrafluoride melts at 130&nbsp;°C and decomposes to ] at 194&nbsp;°C. In the solid phase, it consists of infinite chains of TeF<sub>3</sub>F<sub>2/2</sub> in an octahedral geometry. A lone pair of electrons occupies the sixth position.


==References== ==References==
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