Plutonium oxyhalides

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All of die halides except tile hexafluoride and the triiodide may be prepared by the hydrohalogenation of rhe dioxide or of the oxalate of plutonium(lll) at a temperature of about 700°C. With hydrogen fluoride the reaction product is PUF4, unless hydrogen is added to the gas stream, in which case the trifluoride is produced. With hydrogen iodide the reaction product is PuOi, and the other oxyhalides may be formed by the addition of appropriate quantities of water vapor to the hydrogen halide gas. Plutonium triiodide is produced by the reaction of the metal with hydrogen iodide at about 400°C. The hexafluoride is produced by direct combination of the... 

Actinide halides and oxyhalides are known to form numerous complexes with oxygen and nitrogen donor ligands and the preparation and properties of such compounds have recently been reviewed (12, 13). Relatively few protactinium halide complexes are known, but this situation reflects the lack of research rather than a tendency not to form complexes. However, there is sufficient information available for certain ligands to permit a comparison with the behavior of other actinide halides, and to illustrate the similarities and differences observed with the tetrahalides of thorium to plutonium inclusive and, to a lesser extent, with the protactinium and uranium pentahalides. 

Plutonium also forms the ternary oxyhalides PuOF, PuOj Fj, PuOCl, PuOBr, and PuOI. 

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