Chemistry:Chlorodifluoroamine
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Chlorodifluoroamine is an inorganic chemical compound of nitrogen, chlorine, and fluorine with the molecular formula NClF
2.[1][2]
Synthesis
Chlorodifluoroamine can be synthesized by the effect of fluorine on sodium azide in the presence of sodium chloride:[3]
- 2 F
2 + NaN
3 + NaCl → NClF
2 + 2 NaF + N
2
The effect of fluorine and chlorine on sodium azide also forms the compound:
- 3 F
2 + Cl
2 + 2 NaN
3 → 2 NClF
2 + 2 NaF + 2 N
2
Also, the reaction of ammonium chloride with fluorine makes it:
- NH
4Cl + 3 F
2 → NF
2Cl + 4 HF
Other methods of synthesis are also known.[4]
Physical properties
The compound forms a colorless air-stable gas[5] that decomposes when heated (sometimes with an explosion).
Chemical properties
The compound decomposes in several ways when heated:
- 2 NClF
2 → N
2F
2 + Cl
2 - 6 NClF
2 → 4 NF
3 + N
2 + 3 Cl
2
References
- ↑ "Chlorodifluoroamine" (in en). NIST. https://webbook.nist.gov/cgi/cbook.cgi?ID=13637-87-1.
- ↑ Zabrowski, Leon M.; De Marco, Ronald A.; Shreeve, Jean'ne M.; Max, Lustig (1973). "Chlorodifluoroamine and Difluorodiazene" (in en). Inorganic Syntheses. 14. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. pp. 34–39. doi:10.1002/9780470132456.ch7. ISBN 978-0-470-13174-9. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9780470132456.ch7. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
- ↑ Austin, T. A.; Mason, R. W. (1 June 1963). "Preparation of Chlorodifluoroamine, NF2Cl". Inorganic Chemistry 2 (3): 646–647. doi:10.1021/ic50007a060. ISSN 0020-1669. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ic50007a060. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
- ↑ (in en) Advances in Inorganic Chemistry. Academic Press. 17 July 1989. p. 168. ISBN 978-0-08-057882-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=qzN5pnPwuaoC&dq=Chlorodifluoroamine&pg=PA168. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
- ↑ Sarner, Stanley F. (1966) (in en). Propellant Chemistry. New York. p. 235. https://books.google.com/books?id=McxnAAAAMAAJ&q=Chlorodifluoroamine. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
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