Fluorine perchlorate

Fluorine perchlorate
Full structural formula of fluorine perchlorate
Names
IUPAC name
Perchloryl hypofluorite
Other names
Fluorine perchlorate
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
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UNII
  • InChI=1S/ClFO4/c2-6-1(3,4)5 ☒N
    Key: DRFVFUCINMEBEQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N ☒N
  • InChI=1/ClFO4/c2-6-1(3,4)5
    Key: DRFVFUCINMEBEQ-UHFFFAOYAO
  • FOCl(O)(O)O
Properties
FClO
4
Melting point −167.3 °C (−269.1 °F; 105.8 K)
Boiling point −16 °C (3 °F; 257 K)
Thermochemistry
9 kcal/mol[1]
Hazards
Occupational safety and health (OHS/OSH):
Main hazards
Highly explosive gas
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Fluorine perchlorate, also called perchloryl hypofluorite is the rarely encountered chemical compound of fluorine, chlorine, and oxygen with the chemical formula ClO
4
F
or FOClO
3
. It is an extremely unstable gas that explodes spontaneously[2] and has a penetrating odor.[3]

  1. ^ Breazeale, J. D.; MacLaren, R. O.. Thermochemistry of oxygen-fluorine bonding, United Technology Center, Sunnyvale, CA, 1963. Accession Number: AD0402889. Retrieved online from [1] on 2009-05-21.
  2. ^ Pradyot Patnaik. A comprehensive guide to the hazardous properties of chemical substances, 3rd ed., Wiley-Interscience, 2007. ISBN 0-471-71458-5
  3. ^ Robert Alan Lewis. Lewis' dictionary of toxicology, CRC Press, 1998, p. 508. ISBN 1-56670-223-2