Redetermination of the crystal structure of K[BrF4] from single-crystal X-ray diffraction data
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Single crystals of K[BrF4], potassium tetrafluoridobromate(III), were grown from a solution of KHF2 in bromine trifluoride. The current report is the first refinement of the crystal structure of K[BrF4] using single-crystal X-ray diffraction data. In comparison with previous refinements from powder data, the fractional coordinates of the F atom were determined with higher precision, and anisotropic displacement parameters were refined for all atoms. The structure contains square-planar [BrF4]− anions. The coordination polyhedron of the potassium cation is a square antiprism.