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
. This is the anhydride of fluorosulfuric acid.

Synthesis

Autoclave heating of sulfur trioxide and calcium fluoride:

3SO
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. Bibcode: 1994JFluC..66..153N. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/002211399303012B. Retrieved 15 August 2025.