Oxygen difluoride

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Oxygen difluoride
Identifiers
InChI InChI=1/F2O/c1-3-2
InChIKey UJMWVICAENGCRF-UHFFFAOYAI
Standard InChI InChI=1S/F2O/c1-3-2
Standard InChIKey UJMWVICAENGCRF-UHFFFAOYSA-N
CAS number [7783-41-7]
EC number 231-996-7
ChemSpider 22593
Properties[1][2][3]
Chemical formula OF2
Molar mass 55.996 g mol−1
Appearance colourless gas
Density 1.90 g cm−3 (liquid, −223.8 °C)
Melting point

−223.8 °C (49.4 K)

Boiling point

−145.3 °C (127.9 K)

Thermochemistry[4]
Std enthalpy of formation ΔfHo298 +24.52 kJ mol−1
Standard molar entropy So298 247.46 J K−1 mol−1
Related compounds
Other compounds Dioxygen difluoride
Dichlorine monoxide
Dibromine monoxide
Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)

Oxygen difluoride, OF2, sometimes known as difluorine monoxide,[note 1] is the most stable of the binary compounds of oxygen and fluorine.[1][7] It was discovered as a byproduct of fluorine production using Moissan cells (electrolysis of HF/KF) due to small amounts of water in the electrolyte.[8] A more satisfactory method of preparation is the reaction of fluorine with 2% aqueous sodium hydroxide solution followed by fractional distillation of the gas produced.[9][10][11]

Notes and references

Notes

  1. Fluorine is more electronegative than oxygen, both on the normal numerical scales[5] and on the conventional series used in inorganic nomenclature,[6] so OF2 is usually considered a fluoride of oxygen and not an oxide of fluorine. However, other X2O compounds (X = Cl, Br) are considered to be halogen oxides, and so F2O is sometimes considered to be a member of this series, dispite its somewhat different chemistry.[7]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, A. Chemistry of the Elements; Pergamon: Oxford, 1984; pp 748–49. ISBN 0-08-022057-6.
  2. CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 62nd ed.; Weast, Robert C., Ed.; CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL, 1981; p B-126. ISBN 0-8493-0462-8.
  3. Streng, Alex G. Miscibility and Compatibility of Some Liquid and Solidified Gases at Low Temperature. J. Chem. Eng. Data 1971, 16 (3), 357–59. DOI: 10.1021/je60050a024.
  4. Difluorine monoxide. In NIST Chemistry WebBook; National Institute for Standards and Technology, <http://webbook.nist.gov/cgi/inchi/InChI%3D1S/F2O/c1-3-2>. (accessed 31 December 2010).
  5. Allred, A. L. Electronegativity values from thermochemical data. J. Inorg. Nucl. Chem. 1961, 17 (3–4), 215–21. DOI: 10.1016/0022-1902(61)80142-5.
  6. Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry; IUPAC Recommendations 2005; Royal Society of Chemistry: Cambridge, 2005; p 260. ISBN 0-85404-438-8, <http://www.iupac.org/publications/books/rbook/Red_Book_2005.pdf>.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Cotton, F. Albert; Wilkinson, Geoffrey Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, 5th ed.; Wiley-Interscience: New York, 1988; pp 454–56. ISBN 0-471-84997-9.
  8. Lebeau, P.; Damiens, A. Sur l'existence d'un composé oxygéné du fluor. C. R. Hebd. Acad. Sci. Paris 1927, 185, 652–54, <http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k31384/f652.image>.
  9. Lebeau, P.; Damiens, A. Sur un nouveau mode de préparation du fluorure d'oxygène. C. R. Hebd. Acad. Sci. Paris 1929, 188, 1253–55, <http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k31417/f1253.image>.
  10. Yost, D. M. Oxygen Fluoride. Inorg. Synth. 1939, 1, 109–11.
  11. Appelman, Evan H.; Jache, Albert W. Concerning the mechanism of formation of oxygen difluoride. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1987, 109 (6), 1754–57. DOI: 10.1021/ja00240a026.

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