Monofluoride
A monofluoride is a chemical compound with one fluoride per formula unit. For a binary compound, this is the formula XF.
Organofluorine compounds
[edit]Common monofluoride are organofluorine compounds such as methyl fluoride and fluorobenzene.
Inorganic compounds
[edit]All the alkali metals form monofluorides. All have the sodium chloride (rock salt) structure and are soluble in water and even some alcohols.[1] Because the fluoride anion is highly basic, many alkali metal fluorides form bifluorides with the formula MHF2. Sodium and potassium bifluorides are significant to the chemical industry.[2] Among other monofluorides, only silver(I)[3] and thallium(I)[4] fluorides are well-characterized. Both are very soluble, unlike the other halides of those metals.
Selected inorganic monofluorides
[edit]Examples of the monofluorides include:
Metal monofluorides
[edit]- Aluminium monofluoride, an elusive species with the formula AlF
- Caesium fluoride
- Copper monofluoride
- Lithium fluoride
- Mercury monofluoride
- Potassium fluoride
- Rubidium fluoride
- Silver fluoride
- Sodium fluoride
- Thallium monofluoride
Nonmetal monofluorides
[edit]- Boron monofluoride or fluoroborylene has the formula BF
- Bromine monofluoride, a liquid interhalogen compound with formula BrF
- Carbon monofluoride (CF, CFx, or (CF)x), also called polycarbon monofluoride
- Chlorine monofluoride, a volatile interhalogen compound with formula ClF
- Iodine monofluoride, a chocolate-brown solid compound with formula IF
- Hydrogen fluoride, a liquid or gas with boiling point at about 20 °C, HF
- Nitrogen monofluoride, a metastable compound with formula NF
References
[edit]- ^ Aigueperse et al. 2005, "Fluorine Compounds, Inorganic," pp. 25–27.
- ^ Aigueperse et al. 2005, "Fluorine Compounds, Inorganic," pp. 26–27.
- ^ Milne, George W. A. (2005). Gardner's commercially important chemicals. John Wiley and Sons. p. 553. ISBN 978-0-471-73518-2.
- ^ Arora, M. G. (2003). P-block Elements. Anmol Publications. p. 35. ISBN 81-7488-563-3.
Bibliography
[edit]- Aigueperse, Jean; Mollard, Paul; Devilliers, Didier; Chemla, Marius; Faron, Robert; Romano, Renée; Cuer, Jean Pierre (2005). Ullmann (ed.). Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Wiley-VCH. p. 35. doi:10.1002/14356007. ISBN 978-3-527-30673-2.
- Greenwood, N. N.; Earnshaw, A. (1998). Chemistry of the Elements (second ed.). Butterworth Heinemann. ISBN 0-7506-3365-4.
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