Chemistry:Disulfuryl fluoride

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Disulfuryl fluoride
Names
Other names
Pyrosulfuryl fluoride
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
EC Number
  • 235-903-0
Properties
F2O5S2
Molar mass 182.11 g·mol−1
Appearance colorless liquid
Density 1.75 g/cm3
Melting point –48 °C
Boiling point 50.8 °C
reacts with water
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Disulfuryl fluoride is an inorganic compound of sulfur, fluorine, and oxygen with the chemical formula S
2
O
5
F
2
.

Synthesis

Autoclave heating of sulfur trioxide and calcium fluoride:

2SO
3
+ CaF
2
→ S
2
O
5
F
2
+ CaSO
4

The compound can be produced by the reaction of SSF
2
and FOSO
2
F
in deuterated chloroform at −100 °C:[1]

2SSF
2
+ 4FOSO
2
F → 2S
2
O
5
F
2
+ 2SOF
2
+ SF
4
+ 1⁄
8
S
8

It can also be produced in the reaction of iodine pentafluoride and sulfur trioxide.[2]

Other methods are also known.[3]

Physical properties

Pyrosulfuryl difluoride forms a colorless liquid that smokes slightly in the air. It causes severe suffocation and resembles phosgene in its action.[4][5]

Chemical properties

When heated, the compound is stable to a temperature of 200 °C.

It is slowly hydrolyzed by water:

S
2
O
5
F
2
+ H
2
O → 2HSO
3
F

It reacts with tetraethyl titanate to produce diethoxytitanium difluorosulfonate:[6]

Ti(OC
2
H
5
)
4
+ 2S
2
O
5
F
2
→ Ti(OC
2
H
5
)
2
(O
3
SF)
2
+ 2C
2
H
5
OSO
2
F

See also

References

  1. Willner, H.; Mistry, F.; Aubke, F. (1 December 1992). "Selected reactions of fluorine-fluorosulfate, FOSO2F". Journal of Fluorine Chemistry 59 (3): 333–349. doi:10.1016/S0022-1139(00)80329-2. ISSN 0022-1139. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022113900803292. Retrieved 15 August 2025. 
  2. Cernik, M. (1987). "ChemInform Abstract: Reaction of Iodine Pentafluoride with Sulfur Trioxide." (in en). ChemInform 18 (33). doi:10.1002/chin.198733027. ISSN 1522-2667. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/chin.198733027. Retrieved 15 August 2025. 
  3. (in en) Inorganic Syntheses, Volume 11. John Wiley & Sons. 22 September 2009. p. 151. ISBN 978-0-470-13277-7. https://www.google.ru/books/edition/Inorganic_Syntheses_Volume_11/lnsax7gfyfYC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=pyrosulfuryl+fluoride&pg=PA151&printsec=frontcover. Retrieved 16 August 2025. 
  4. Simons, J. H. (2 December 2012) (in en). Fluorine Chemistry V5. Elsevier. p. 70. ISBN 978-0-323-14724-8. https://www.google.ru/books/edition/Fluorine_Chemistry_V5/9AbqU4cI93wC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=pyrosulfuryl+fluoride&pg=PA70&printsec=frontcover. Retrieved 16 August 2025. 
  5. Ryss, Iosif Grigorʹevich (1960) (in en). The Chemistry of Fluorine and Its Inorganic Compounds. U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, Technical Information Service Extension. p. 185. https://www.google.ru/books/edition/The_Chemistry_of_Fluorine_and_Its_Inorga/ltsiAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=pyrosulfuryl+fluoride&pg=PA185&printsec=frontcover. Retrieved 16 August 2025. 
  6. Niyogi, Debyani G.; Singh, Sukhjinder; Saini, Anju; Verma, R. D. (1 February 1994). "Reactions of fluorinated acid anhydrides with metal alkoxides". Journal of Fluorine Chemistry 66 (2): 153–158. doi:10.1016/0022-1139(93)03012-B. ISSN 0022-1139. Bibcode1994JFluC..66..153N. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/002211399303012B. Retrieved 15 August 2025.