Chemistry:Lithium hypofluorite

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Lithium hypofluorite
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
Lithium hypofluorite
Other names
Lithium fluoride oxide, lithium oxyfluoride
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
Properties
LiOF
Molar mass 41.94 g·mol−1
Related compounds
Related compounds
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Lithium hypofluorite is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula of LiOF. It is a compound of lithium, fluorine, and oxygen.[1][2][3] This is a lithium salt of hypofluorous acid,[4] and contains lithium cations Li+
and hypofluorite anions
OF
.

Synthesis

The salt theoretically results from the neutralization of hypofluorous acid (HOF) and lithium hydroxide (LiOH). It can be formed by the action of fluorine on lithium hydroxide:

HOF + LiOH → LiOF + H
2
O

Chemical properties

The compound is quite unstable, since it contains oxygen in the oxidation state of 0. It, therefore, tends to decompose to lithium fluoride and oxygen gas:

2 LiOF → 2 LiF + O
2

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