Chemistry:Bromine trifluoride
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| UN number | 1746 |
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| BrF3 | |
| Molar mass | 136.90 g/mol |
| Appearance | straw-coloured liquid hygroscopic |
| Odor | Choking, pungent[1] |
| Density | 2.803 g/cm3 [2] |
| Melting point | 8.77 °C (47.79 °F; 281.92 K) |
| Boiling point | 125.72 °C (258.30 °F; 398.87 K) |
| Reacts with water[3] | |
| Structure | |
| T-shaped (C2v) | |
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| Hazards[4] | |
| Main hazards | Reacts violently with water to release HF, highly toxic, corrosive, powerful oxidizer |
| Safety data sheet | http://www.chammascutters.com/en/downloads/Bromine-Trifluoride-MSDS.pdf |
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| GHS Signal word | Danger |
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Other anions
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Bromine monochloride |
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Chlorine trifluoride Iodine trifluoride |
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Bromine monofluoride Bromine pentafluoride |
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Bromine trifluoride is an interhalogen compound with the formula BrF3. At room temperature, it is a straw-coloured liquid with a pungent odor[5] which decomposes violently on contact with water and organic compounds. It is a powerful fluorinating agent and an ionizing inorganic solvent. It is used to produce uranium hexafluoride (UF6) in the processing and reprocessing of nuclear fuel.[6]
Synthesis
Bromine trifluoride was first described by Paul Lebeau in 1906, who obtained the material by the reaction of bromine with fluorine at 20 °C:[7]
- Br
2 + 3 F
2 → 2 BrF
3
The disproportionation of bromine monofluoride also gives bromine trifluoride:[5]
- 3 BrF → BrF
3 + Br
2
Structure
Like ClF3 and IF3, the BrF3 molecule is T-shaped and planar. In the VSEPR formalism, the bromine center is assigned two electron pairs. The distance from the bromine each axial fluorine is 1.81 Å and to the equatorial fluorine is 1.72 Å. The angle between an axial fluorine and the equatorial fluorine is slightly smaller than 90° — the 86.2° angle observed is due to the repulsion generated by the electron pairs being greater than that of the Br-F bonds.[8][9]
Chemical properties
In a highly exothermic reaction, BrF3 reacts with water to form hydrobromic acid and hydrofluoric acid:
- BrF
3 + 2 H
2O → 3 HF + HBr + O
2
BrF3 is a fluorinating agent, but less reactive than ClF3.[10] Already at -196 °C, it reacts with acetonitrile to give 1,1,1-trifluoroethane.[11]
- BrF
3 + CH
3CN → CH
3CF
3 + 1⁄2 Br2 + 1⁄2 N2
The liquid is conducting, owing to autoionisation:[6]
- 2 BrF
3 ⇌ BrF+
2 + BrF−
4
Fluoride salts dissolve readily in BrF3 forming tetrafluorobromate:[6]
- KF + BrF
3 → KBrF
4
It reacts as a fluoride donor:[12]
- BrF
3 + SbF
5 → [BrF+
2][SbF−
6]
References
- ↑ "Safety Data Sheet : Bromine Trifluoride" (PDF). http://www.chammascutters.com/en/downloads/Bromine-Trifluoride-MSDS.pdf.
- ↑ Lide, David R., ed (2006). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (87th ed.). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0487-3.
- ↑ "Archived copy". http://www.mathesongas.com/pdfs/msds/MAT03380.pdf.
- ↑ "Safety Data Sheet Bromine Trifluoride". Airgas. https://www.airgas.com/msds/001112.pdf.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Simons JH (1950). "Bromine(III) Fluoride (Bromine Trifluoride)". Bromine (III) Fluoride - Bromine Trifluoride. Inorganic Syntheses. 3. pp. 184–186. doi:10.1002/9780470132340.ch48. ISBN 978-0-470-13234-0.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.
- ↑ Lebeau P. (1906). "The effect of fluorine on chloride and on bromine". Annales de Chimie et de Physique 9: 241–263.
- ↑ Gutmann V (1950). "Die Chemie in Bromitrifluorid". Angewandte Chemie 62 (13–14): 312–315. doi:10.1002/ange.19500621305. Bibcode: 1950AngCh..62..312G.
- ↑ Meinert H (1967). "Interhalogenverbindungen". Zeitschrift für Chemie 7 (2): 41–57. doi:10.1002/zfch.19670070202.
- ↑ Rozen, Shlomo; Sasson, Revital (2007). "Bromine Trifluoride". Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis. doi:10.1002/9780470842898.rb266.pub2. ISBN 978-0471936237.
- ↑ Rozen, Shlomo (2010). "Selective Reactions of Bromine Trifluoride in Organic Chemistry". Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis 352 (16): 2691–2707. doi:10.1002/adsc.201000482.
- ↑ A. J. Edwards and G. R. Jones. J. Chem. Soc. A, 1467 (1969)
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