Thorium difluoride

Thorium difluoride

Names
Other names Thorium(2+) difluoride, thorium(II) fluoride
Identifiers
CAS Number	28844-11-3
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image
ChemSpider	19971756
PubChem CID	141443
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID40183043
InChI InChI=1S/2FH.Th/h2*1H;/q;;+2/p-2 Key: ZPJQJFASYCZWOU-UHFFFAOYSA-L
SMILES F[Th]F
Properties
Chemical formula	F2Th
Molar mass	270.0345 g·mol−1
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). Infobox references

Thorium difluoride is a binary inorganic compound of thorium metal and fluorine with the chemical formula ThF₂. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Synthesis

Thorium difluoride has been detected mass spectrometrically in the reaction of Ca(g) with ThF₄(g) ^[5] :

2Ca(g) + ThF₄(g) → 2CaF(g) + ThF₂(g)

References

1. Andrews, Lester; Thanthiriwatte, K. Sahan; Wang, Xuefeng; Dixon, David A. (15 July 2013). "Thorium Fluorides ThF, ThF2, ThF3, ThF4, ThF3(F2), and ThF5– Characterized by Infrared Spectra in Solid Argon and Electronic Structure and Vibrational Frequency Calculations". Inorganic Chemistry . 52 (14): 8228–8233. doi:10.1021/ic401107w. ISSN   0020-1669. PMID   23805882 . Retrieved 18 June 2025.
2. Hawkins, Donald T. (6 December 2012). Binary Fluorides: Free Molecular Structures and Force Fields A Bibliography (1957–1975). Springer Science & Business Media. p. 64. ISBN   978-1-4684-6147-3 . Retrieved 18 June 2025.
3. Pankratz, L. B.; Stuve, J. M.; Gokcen, N. A. (1984). Thermodynamic Data for Mineral Technology. U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines. p. 211. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
4. Haupt, Axel (22 March 2021). Organic and Inorganic Fluorine Chemistry: Methods and Applications. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN   978-3-11-065950-4 . Retrieved 18 June 2025.
5. Nigel, P.; Geckeis, H.; Holloway, J. H. (1993). Compounds with F, Cl, Br, I. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 2. ISBN   978-3-540-93666-4 . Retrieved 18 June 2025.