Ak. Brisdon et al., MASS-SPECTROMETRIC AND IR SPECTROSCOPIC CHARACTERIZATION OF MONOMERICMOLECULAR RUTHENIUM OXIDE TETRAFLUORIDE, Journal of fluorine chemistry, 64(1-2), 1993, pp. 117-123
Monomeric molecular ruthenium oxide tetrafluoride, prepared by the rea
ction of RuF5 with glass at c. 300-degrees-C, has been characterised b
y mass spectrometry and matrix-isolation IR spectroscopy. RuOF4 exhibi
ts C4v symmetry, in common with all the known transition-metal oxide f
luorides, with the O-Ru-F angle calculated to be equal to 110 +/- 6-de
grees.