- In
contrast to the
other tetrahalides of titanium, it
adopts a
polymeric structure. In
common with the
other tetrahalides, TiF4 is a
strong Lewis acid...
-
saturated alkyl derivatives, the alkanes,
particularly inert.
Carbon forms tetrahalides with all the halogens.
Carbon also
forms many
oxides such as
carbon monoxide...
- and some
silicon esters. The
silicon tetrahalides hydrolyse readily in water,
unlike the
carbon tetrahalides,
again because of the
larger size of the...
-
complexes with
incompletely filled d-s**** are
often tetrahedral, e.g. the
tetrahalides of iron(II), cobalt(II), and nickel(II). In the gas phase, a
single water...
-
halflife of days at room temperature. It is the most
stable of the
diboron tetrahalides, and does not
appreciably decompose under standard conditions. Diboron...
-
complexes like SiBr4,
along with
tetrahalides of
germanium (Ge) and tin (Sn), are
Lewis acids.
Although silicon tetrahalides obey the
octet rule, they add...
- and
arylsulfur pentafluorides, RSF5. Less well
known are
dialkylsulfur tetrahalides,
mainly represented by the tetrafluorides, e.g., R2SF4.
Compounds with...
-
octahedral coordination geometry,
whereas the
tetrahalides are
usually tetrahedral.
Square planar tetrahalides are
known as are
examples with 2- and 3-coordination...
- sulfur,
germanium compounds form
salts known as thiogermanates. Four
tetrahalides are known.
Under normal conditions GeI4 is a solid, GeF4 a gas and the...
-
bioctahedral structures. One
example is
niobium pentachloride.
Metal tetrahalides often exist as
polymers with edge-sharing octahedra.
Zirconium tetrachloride...
