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Preferred IUPAC name
Carbonyl difluoride | |||
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ECHA InfoCard | 100.005.941 | ||
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UN number | 2417 | ||
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Properties | |||
COF2 | |||
Molar mass | 66.007 g·mol−1 | ||
Appearance | Colorless gas | ||
Odor | Pungent and very irritating[1] | ||
Density | 2.698 g/L (gas), 1.139 g/cm3 (liquid at melting point) | ||
Melting point | −111.26 °C (−168.27 °F; 161.89 K) | ||
Boiling point | −84.57 °C (−120.23 °F; 188.58 K) | ||
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Vapor pressure | 55.4 atm (20°C)[2] | ||
Structure | |||
C2v | |||
0.95 D | |||
Hazards | |||
Occupational safety and health (OHS/OSH): | |||
Main hazards
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Very toxic, reacts with water to release HF | ||
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Danger | |||
H280, H290, H314, H330, H331, H370 | |||
P234, P260, P261, P264, P270, P271, P280, P284, P301+P330+P331, P303+P361+P353, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P307+P311, P310, P311, P320, P321, P363, P390, P403+P233, P404, P405, P410+P403, P501 | |||
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Flash point | Non-flammable | ||
NIOSH (US health exposure limits): | |||
PEL (Permissible)
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none[2] | ||
REL (Recommended)
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TWA 2 ppm (5 mg/m3) ST 5 ppm (15 mg/m3)[2] | ||
IDLH (Immediate danger)
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Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Carbonyl fluoride is a chemical compound with the formula COF2. It is a carbon oxohalide. This gas, like its analog phosgene, is colourless and highly toxic. The molecule is planar with C2v symmetry, bond lengths of 1.174 Å (C=O) and 1.312 Å (C–F), and an F–C–F bond angle of 108.0°.[3]
Preparation and properties
Carbonyl fluoride is usually produced as a decomposition product of fluorinated hydrocarbons in the thermal decomposition thereof, for example from trifluoromethanol or tetrafluoromethane in the presence of water:
- CF4 + H2O → COF2 + 2 HF
Carbonyl fluoride can also be prepared by reaction of phosgene with hydrogen fluoride and the fluorination of carbon monoxide, although the latter tends to result in over-fluorination to carbon tetrafluoride. The fluorination of carbon monoxide with silver difluoride is convenient:
- CO + 2 AgF2 → COF2 + 2 AgF
Carbonyl fluoride is unstable in the presence of water, hydrolyzing to carbon dioxide and hydrogen fluoride:[4]
- COF2 + H2O → CO2 + 2 HF
Safety
Carbonyl fluoride is very toxic with a recommended exposure limit of 2 ppm as an 8-hour time weighted average and a 5 ppm as a short-term (15-minute average) exposure, where 1 ppm = 2.70 mg of carbonyl fluoride per 1 m3 of air.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Carbonyl Fluoride". NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards. CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved 2013-09-10.
- ^ a b c d e NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards. "#0108". National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
- ^ Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. pp. 304–305. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.
- ^ M. W. Farlow; E. H. Man; C. W. Tullock (1960). "Carbonyl Fluoride". Inorganic Syntheses. Inorganic Syntheses. Vol. 6. pp. 155–158. doi:10.1002/9780470132371.ch48. ISBN 9780470132371.