Structural formula of technetium(VII) oxide. | |||
Unit cell of technetium(VII) oxide. | |||
| Names | |||
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| IUPAC name Technetium(VII) oxide | |||
| Other names Technetium heptoxide | |||
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3D model (JSmol) | |||
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| Properties | |||
| Tc2O7 | |||
| Molar mass | 307.810 g/mol | ||
| Appearance | light yellow solid | ||
| Density | 3.5 g/cm3 | ||
| Melting point | 119.5 °C (247.1 °F; 392.6 K) | ||
| Boiling point | 310.6 °C (591.1 °F; 583.8 K) | ||
| hydrolysis to HTcO4 | |||
| −40.0·10−6 cm3/mol | |||
| Structure[1] | |||
| Primitive orthorhombic | |||
| Pbca, No. 61 | |||
a = 1375.6 pm,b = 743.9 pm,c = 561.7 pm[1] | |||
| Hazards | |||
| Occupational safety and health (OHS/OSH): | |||
Main hazards | radioactive | ||
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in theirstandard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). | |||

Technetium(VII) oxide is thechemical compound with theformula Tc2O7. This yellow volatile solid is a rare example of a molecular binary metal oxide, the other examples beingRuO4,OsO4, and the unstableMn2O7. It adopts acentrosymmetric corner-shared bi-tetrahedral structure in which the terminal and bridging Tc−O bonds are 167pm and 184 pm respectively and the Tc−O−Tc angle is 180°.[2]
Technetium(VII) oxide is prepared by the oxidation oftechnetium at 450–500 °C:[3]
It is the anhydride ofpertechnetic acid and the precursor tosodium pertechnetate: