Perchloryl fluoride

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Perchloryl fluoride
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Perchloryl fluoride
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Names
IUPAC name
Perchloryl fluoride
Other names
Chlorine oxyfluoride, Perchlorofluoride, Chlorine fluorine oxide, Trioxychlorofluoride, Perchloric acid fluoride
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
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EC Number
  • 231-526-0
PubChem CID
RTECS number
  • SD1925000
UNII
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  • FCl(=O)(=O)=O
Properties
ClO3F
Molar mass 102.4496 g/mol
AppearanceColorless gas
Odor sweet odor
Density 1.434 g/cm3
Melting point −147.8 °C (−234.0 °F; 125.3 K)
Boiling point −46.7 °C (−52.1 °F; 226.5 K)
0.06 g/100 ml (20 °C), slow hydrolysis
Vapor pressure 10.5 atm (20°C) [1]
Viscosity 3.91 x 10−3 Pa.s (@ melting point)
Structure
Tetrahedral [2] : 373 
Thermochemistry
Std molar
entropy (S⦵298)
278.97 J/(mol*K)
-21.42 kJ/mol [3] : 380 
Hazards
Occupational safety and health (OHS/OSH):
Main hazards
oxidizing, toxic. Non-corrosive.
NFPA 704 (fire diamond)
3
0
3
OX
3 ppm
Lethal dose or concentration (LD, LC):
385 ppm (rat, 4 hr)
451 ppm (dog, 4 hr) [4]
2000 ppm (rat, 40 min)
451 ppm (dog, 4 hr) [4]
NIOSH (US health exposure limits):
PEL (Permissible)
TWA 3 ppm (13.5 mg/m3) [1]
REL (Recommended)
TWA 3 ppm (14 mg/m3) ST 6 ppm (28 mg/m3) [1]
IDLH (Immediate danger)
100 ppm [1]
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Perchloryl fluoride [5] is a reactive gas with the chemical formula ClO
3F. It has a characteristic sweet odor [6] that resembles gasoline and kerosene. It is toxic and is a powerful oxidizing and fluorinating agent. It is the acid fluoride of perchloric acid.

Contents

In spite of its small enthalpy of formation (ΔHf° = −5.2 kcal/mol), it is kinetically stable, decomposing only at 400 °C. [2] : 380  It is quite reactive towards reducing agents and anions, however, with the chlorine atom acting as an electrophile. [2] : 382  It reacts explosively with reducing agents such as metal amides, metals, hydrides, etc. [6] Its hydrolysis in water occurs very slowly, unlike that of chloryl fluoride.

Synthesis and chemistry

Perchloryl fluoride is produced primarily by the fluorination of perchlorates. Antimony pentafluoride is a commonly used fluorinating agent: [2] : 372–373 

ClO−
4 + 3 HF + 2 SbF
5 → ClO
3F + H
3O+
 + 2 SbF−
6

ClO
3F reacts with alcohols to produce alkyl perchlorates, which are extremely shock-sensitive explosives. [7] In the presence of a Lewis acid, it can be used for introducing the –ClO
3 group into aromatic rings via electrophilic aromatic substitution. [8]

Applications

Perchloryl fluoride is used in organic chemistry as a mild fluorinating agent. [2] : 383  It was the first industrially relevant electrophilic fluorinating agent, used since the 1960s for producing fluorinated steroids. [7] In the presence of aluminum trichloride, it has also been used as an electrophilic perchlorylation reagent for aromatic compounds. [9]

Perchloryl fluoride was investigated as a high performance liquid rocket fuel oxidizer. [10] In comparison with chlorine pentafluoride and bromine pentafluoride, it has significantly lower specific impulse, but does not tend to corrode tanks. It does not require cryogenic storage. Rocket fuel chemist John Drury Clark reported in his book Ignition! that perchloryl fluoride is completely miscible with all-halogen oxidizers such as chlorine trifluoride and chlorine pentafluoride, and such a mixture provides the needed oxygen to properly burn carbon-containing fuels. [11]

It can also be used in flame photometry as an excitation source. [12]

Safety

Perchloryl fluoride is toxic, with a TLV of 3 ppm. [13] It is a strong lung- and eye-irritant capable of producing burns on exposed skin. Its IDLH level is 100 ppm. [14] Symptoms of exposure include dizziness, headaches, syncope, and cyanosis. Exposure to toxic levels causes severe respiratory tract inflammation and pulmonary edema. [10]

See also

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