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Preferred IUPAC name Lithium hypofluorite | |
Other names Lithium fluoride oxide, lithium oxyfluoride | |
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LiOF | |
Molar mass | 41.94 g·mol−1 |
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Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). |
Lithium hypofluorite is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula of Li O F . It is a compound of lithium, fluorine, and oxygen. [1] [2] [3] This is a lithium salt of hypofluorous acid, [4] and contains lithium cations Li+ and hypofluorite anions −OF.[ dubious – discuss ]
The salt theoretically results from the neutralization of hypofluorous acid (HOF) and lithium hydroxide (LiOH). It can be formed by the action of fluorine on lithium hydroxide:
The compound is quite unstable, since it contains oxygen in the oxidation state of 0. It, therefore, tends to decompose to lithium fluoride and oxygen gas: