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 | edit source]Common monofluoride are organofluorine compounds such as methyl fluoride and fluorobenzene.
Inorganic compounds
[edit | edit source]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 | edit source]Examples of the monofluorides include:
Metal monofluorides
[edit | edit source]- 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 | edit source]- 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 | edit source]- ^ Aigueperse et al. 2005, "Fluorine Compounds, Inorganic," pp. 25–27.
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Bibliography
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External links
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