Chemistry:Neptunyl fluoride

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Neptunyl fluoride
Names
Other names
  • Neptunium(VI) fluoride oxide
  • Neptunium difluoride dioxide
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
Properties
NpO
2
F
2
Molar mass 307 g·mol−1
Appearance pink solid
soluble
Related compounds
Other cations
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Neptunyl fluoride is an inorganic compound of neptunium, oxygen, and fluorine with the chemical formula NpO
2
F
2
.[1][2]

Synthesis

Neptunyl fluoride can be obtained by the reaction of the hydrated trioxide with gaseous HF and by direct fluorination of Np
2
O
5
at 350 °C or NpO
3
 · H2O
at 225 °C.[3]

Physical properties

The compound forms a pink solid[3] of hexagonal crystal system, spatial group R3m.[4][5] Soluble in water, insoluble in common organic solvents.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Macintyre, Jane E. (23 July 1992) (in en). Dictionary of Inorganic Compounds. CRC Press. p. 3153. ISBN 978-0-412-30120-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=9eJvoNCSCRMC&dq=Neptunyl+fluoride&pg=PA3153. Retrieved 29 September 2025. 
  2. Ohwada, Ken (1 June 1971). "Uranium-fluorine lattice vibration of uranyl fluoride". Journal of Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry 33 (6): 1615–1623. doi:10.1016/0022-1902(71)80596-1. ISSN 0022-1902. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0022190271805961. Retrieved 29 September 2025. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 (in en) Advances in Inorganic Chemistry. Academic Press. 5 December 1984. p. 91. ISBN 978-0-08-057877-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=U-YOlLVuV1YC&dq=Neptunyl+fluoride&pg=PA91. Retrieved 29 September 2025. 
  4. Donnay, Joseph Désiré Hubert (1973) (in en). Crystal Data: Inorganic compounds. National Bureau of Standards. p. 289. https://books.google.com/books?id=5lVCBwmZsLYC&dq=Neptunyl+fluoride&pg=RA7-PA205. Retrieved 29 September 2025. 
  5. Nowacki, J. D. H. Donnay, and Werner (1954) (in en). Crystal Data: Classification of Substances by Space Groups and their Identification from Cell Dimensions. Geological Society of America. p. 459. ISBN 978-0-8137-1060-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=cY7wPiRzlUYC&dq=Neptunyl+fluoride&pg=PA698. Retrieved 29 September 2025.