Nitrogen pentafluoride

Nitrogen pentafluoride
Names
IUPAC name
Nitrogen pentafluoride
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
  • InChI=1S/F4N.FH/c1-5(2,3)4;/h;1H/q+1;/p-1
    Key: HGLYTTWJVOQBNH-UHFFFAOYSA-M
  • InChI=1S/F5N/c1-6(2,3,4)5
    Key: IFPFUYZWFMFDTL-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • ionic: F[N+](F)(F)F.[F-]
  • covalent: FN(F)(F)(F)F
Properties
NF5
Molar mass 108.999 g·mol−1
Structure
trigonal bipyramidal
0 D
Related compounds
Other cations
Phosphorus pentafluoride
Arsenic pentafluoride
Antimony pentafluoride
Bismuth pentafluoride
Related compounds
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Nitrogen pentafluoride is a theoretical compound of nitrogen and fluorine with the chemical formula NF5. It is hypothesized to exist based on the existence of the pentafluorides of the atoms below nitrogen in the periodic table, such as phosphorus pentafluoride. Theoretical models of the nitrogen pentafluoride molecule are either a trigonal bipyramidal covalently bound molecule with symmetry group D3h, or [NF4]+F (tetrafluoroammonium fluoride), which would be an ionic solid.

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