Chemistry:Difluorophosphoric acid

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Difluorophosphoric acid
HPO2F2.svg
Names
IUPAC name
Difluorophosphinic acid[1]
Other names
  • Difluorophosphoric acid
  • Fluophosphoric acid[1]
  • Phosphorodifluoridic acid[1]
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
EC Number
  • 237-421-6
UNII
UN number 1768
Properties
HPO
2
F
2
Molar mass 101.977 g·mol−1
Appearance Colorless liquid[1]
Density 1.583 g/cm3[1][2]
Melting point −96.5 °C (−141.7 °F; 176.7 K)[2]
Boiling point 115.9 °C (240.6 °F; 389.0 K)[2]
Structure
Tetrahedral at phosphorus atom
Hazards
Main hazards Corrosive to living tissue
GHS pictograms GHS05: Corrosive
GHS Signal word Danger
H314
P260, P264, P280, P301+330+331, P303+361+353, P304+340, P305+351+338, P310, P321, P363, P405, P501
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Difluorophosphoric acid is an inorganic compound with the formula HPO
2
F
2
. It is a mobile colorless strongly fuming liquid.[1] The acid has limited applications, in part because it is thermally and hydrolytically unstable.[3] Difluorophosphoric acid is corrosive to glass, fabric, metals and living tissue.[1]

A method to make pure difluorphosphoric acid involves heating phosphoryl fluoride with fluorophosphoric acid and separating the product by distillation:[4]

POF
3
+ H
2
PO
3
F → 2 HPO
2
F
2

It is prepared by hydrolysis of phosphoryl fluoride:

POF
3
+ H
2
O → HPO
2
F
2
+ HF

Further hydrolysis gives fluorophosphoric acid:

HPO
2
F
2
+ H
2
O → H
2
PO
3
F + HF

Complete hydrolysis gives phosphoric acid:

H
2
PO
3
F + H
2
O → H
3
PO
4
+ HF

The salts of difluorophosphoric acid are known as difluorophosphates.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Difluorophosphoric-acid
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Reed, William (September 1965). Studies of Difluorophosphoric Acid and its Alkali Metal Salts (Thesis). Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  3. Charles B. Lindahl; Tariq Mahmood (2000). "Fluorine Compounds, Inorganic, Phosphorus". Kirk‐Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. doi:10.1002/0471238961.1608151912091404.a01. ISBN 0-471-23896-1. 
  4. Lange, Willy; Livingston, Ralph (March 1950). "Studies of Fluorophosphoric Acids and their Derivatives. XIV. Preparation of Anhydrous Difluorophosphoric Acid". Journal of the American Chemical Society 72 (3): 1280–1281. doi:10.1021/ja01159a057.