Rhodium trifluoride


Rhodium trifluoride is the inorganic compound with the formula RhF3. It is a red-brown, diamagnetic solid.

Synthesis and structure

The compound is prepared by fluorination of rhodium trichloride:
According to X-ray crystallography, the compound adopts the same structure as vanadium trifluoride, wherein the metal achieves octahedral coordination geometry.