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Structural chemistry of the compounds

Fluorine as straight (a) or bent (b) bridging ligands. [1]

Fluorine's most common oxidation state is −1; it only differs from this value in elemental fluorine, where the atoms are bonded to each other and thus at oxidation state 0, and the very unstable anions F−
2 and F−
3, [2] with intermediate oxidation states, both decomposing at around 40 K. With other atoms, fluorine forms either polar covalent bonds or ionic bonds. Most frequently, covalent bonds involving fluorine atoms are single bonds, although at least two examples of a higher order bond exist. [3] Fluoride may act as a bridging ligand between two metals in some complex molecules. Molecules containing fluorine may also exhibit hydrogen bonding. [4] Fluorine has a rich chemistry including inorganic compounds formed with hydrogen, metals, nonmetals, and even noble gases; as well as a diverse set of organic compounds. [note 1]

Inorganic compounds

Hydrogen fluoride

Main articles: Hydrogen fluoride and Hydrofluoric acid
HF and H2O similarities
graph showing trend-breaking water and HF boiling points: big jogs up versus a trend that is down with lower molecular weight for the other series members. graph showing humps of melting temperature, most prominent is at HF 50% mole fraction
Boiling points of the hydrogen halides (blue) and hydrogen chalcogenides (red): HF and H2O break trends. Freezing point of HF/ H2O mixtures: arrows indicate compounds in the solid state.

Fluorine combines with hydrogen to make a compound (HF) called hydrogen fluoride or, especially in the context of water solutions, hydrofluoric acid. The H-F bond type is one of the few capable of hydrogen bonding (creating extra clustering associations with similar molecules). This influences various peculiar aspects of hydrogen fluoride's properties. In some ways the substance behaves more like water, also very prone to hydrogen bonding, than one of the other hydrogen halides, such as HCl. [5] [6] [7]

Hydrogen bonding amongst HF molecules gives rise to high viscosity in the liquid phase and lower than expected pressure in the gas phase. Hydrogen fluoride does not boil until 20 °C in contrast to the heavier hydrogen halides which boil between −85 °C and −35 °C (−120–30 °F). HF is fully miscible with water (will dissolve in any proportion), while the other hyrogen halides have large solubility gaps with water. Hydrogen fluoride and water also form several compounds in the solid state, most notably a 1:1 compound that does not melt until −40 °C (−40 °F), which is 44 degrees Celsius (79 degrees Fahrenheit) above the melting point of pure HF. [8]

Unlike other hydrohalic acids, such as hydrochloric acid, hydrogen fluoride is only a weak acid in water solution, with acid dissociation constant (pKa) equal to 3.19. [9] HF's weakness as an aqueous acid is paradoxical considering how polar the HF bond is, much more so than the bond in HCl, HBr, or HI. The explanation for the behavior is complicated, having to do with various cluster-forming tendencies of HF, water, and fluoride ion, as well as thermodynamic issues. [note 2] At great concentrations, a property called homoconjugation is revealed. HF begins to accept fluoride ions, forming the polyatomic ions (such as bifluoride, HF−
2) and protons, thus greatly increasing the acidity of the compound. [11] Hydrofluoric acid is also the strongest of the hydrohalic acids in acetic acid and similar solvents. [12] Its hidden acidity potential is also revealed by the fact it protonates acids like hydrochloric, sulfuric, or nitric. [13] Despite its weakness, hydrofluoric acid is very corrosive, even attacking glass (hydrated only). [11]

Dry hydrogen fluoride dissolves low-valent metal fluorides readily. Several molecular fluorides also dissolve in HF. Many proteins and carbohydrates can be dissolved in dry HF and can be recovered from it. Most non-fluoride inorganic chemicals react with HF rather than dissolving. [14]

Metal fluorides

See also: Metal halide

Metal fluorides have similarities with other metal halides but are more ionic. In many respects, metal fluorides differ from other metal halides (chlorides, bromides, iodides), very similar to each other. Instead, fluorides are more similar to oxides, often having similar bonding and crystal structures. [15]

The metal fluorides show broad trends based on the charge of the metal. Metals in an oxidation state of +3 or lower tend to form ionic, refractory fluorides. Metals charged +5 or higher tend to form covalently bonded fluorides, polymers or discrete molecules, and are more volatile. (The tetrafluorides are a transition zone.) The bonding variations mean that metal fluorides can be solids, [16] liquids, [17] or gases [18] at room temperature.

The solubility of fluorides varies greatly but tends to decrease as the charge on the metal ion increases. Dissolved fluorides produce basic solutions. (F- is a weak base because HF is a weak acid.) [19] Like hydroxides, fluorides may be viewed as basic, amphoteric, and acidic, with the acidity property generally increasing with the oxidation state of the metal; a fluoride is a way weaker base than a hydroxide, though.

The fluorides of transition metal elements 25–29
white powder in a tube and on a spoon brown powder in a tube and on a spoon pink powder in a tube and on a spoon light green powder in a tube and on a spoon light blue powder in a tube and on a spoon
Manganese difluoride Iron trifluoride Cobalt difluoride Nickel difluoride Copper difluoride
Low oxidation state metal fluorides
checkerboard-like lattice of small blue and large yellow balls, going in three dimensions so that each ball has 6 nearest neighbors of opposite type
Sodium fluoride: yellow is fluoride, purple is sodium. They are isoelectronic, but fluoride is bigger because its nuclear charge is lower.

The alkali metals form monofluorides. All are soluble and have the sodium chloride (rock salt) structure, [20] which is also adopted by some alkaline earth oxides such as CaO. [21] Because the fluoride anion is highly basic, many alkali metal fluorides form bifluorides with the formula MHF2. They also give off the fluoride easily when reacting with an acid. Among other monofluorides, only silver(I) [22] and thallium(I) [23] fluorides are well-characterized. Both are very soluble, unlike the other halides of those metals. Another silver fluoride is from this point a "half-fluoride" (a subfluoride, compound containing less than normal saturation with fluorine), formulated as Ag
2F. This compound has been described as having F- and unusual Ag½+ centers. [24]

Unlike the monofluorides, the difluorides may be either soluble or insoluble. Several transition metal difluorides, such as those of copper(II) and nickel(II), are soluble. [22] The alkaline earth metals form difluorides that are insoluble. [22] In contrast, the alkaline earth chlorides are readily soluble. [22] Many of the difluorides adopt the fluorite structure, named after calcium fluoride (and also adopted by several metal dioxides such as CeO2, UO2, ThO2, etc.), which surrounds each metal cation with 8 fluorides. Some difluorides adopt the rutile structure, named after a form of titanium dioxide and adopted by several other metal dioxides also. The structure is tetragonal and puts metal atoms in octahedral coordination.

Beryllium difluoride is different than the other difluorides, just is beryllium different than other alkaline earth metals. In general, beryllium has a tendency to bond covalently, much more so than the other alkaline earths and its fluoride is partially covalent (although still more ionic than its other halides). BeF2 has many similarities to SiO2 (quartz) a mostly covalently bonded network solid. BeF2 has tetrahedrally coordinated metal and forms glasses (is difficult to crystallize). When crystalline, beryllium fluoride has the same room temperature crystal structure as quartz and shares many higher temperatures structures also. It is very soluble in water, [22] unlike the other alkaline earths. (Although they are strongly ionic, they do not dissolve because of the especially strong lattice energy of the fluorite structure.) However, BeF2 has much lower electrical conductivity when in solution or when molten than would be expected if it were fully ionic. [25] [26] [27] [28]

Order and disorder in difluorides
A parallelogram-shaped outline with space-filling diatomic molecules (joined circles) arranged in two layers cube of 8 yellow atoms with white ones at the holes of the yellow structure
The fluorite structure Beryllium fluoride glass

Many metals form trifluorides, such as iron, bismuth, the rare earth elements, and the metals in the aluminium column of the periodic table. The trifluorides of many rare earths as well as bismuth have the YF3 structure. Trifluorides of plutonium, samarium (at high temperature), and lanthanum adopt the LaF3 structure. Iron and gallium trifluorides have the FeF3 structure which is similar to rhenium trioxide.

At this point, the ionicity of the fluorides begins to reduce, and acidity begins to grow, even though the compounds are still ionic solids, mainly weakly basic. In many cases, while the trifluorides are still ionic, other trihalides may be volatile (for example, aluminium [29] or gold [30]). No trifluoride is soluble in water, but several are soluble in other solvents. [31]

The tetrafluorides show a mixture of ionic and covalent bonding: Zirconium, hafnium, plus many of the actinides form square-antiprism ionic, [32] [33] high-melting [34] tetrafluorides.

4 tilted octahedra linked in a square
The –Mn4F20– ring of MnF4 [35]

Titanium, tin and vanadium [36] tetrafluorides are polymeric, with melting points below 400 °C (vanadium's disproportionates at 100–120 °C to the trifluoride and the pentafluoride [37]). Many transition metals tetrafluorides show unusual structures intermediate between ionic and monomeric covalent. They have low melting points or are of low stability (manganese tetrafluoride decomposes even at room temperature [38]).

Germanium tetrafluoride forms tetrahedral molecules. It is a gas at room temperature. [39]

High oxidation state metal fluorides
See also: Fluoride volatility

Metal penta- and higher fluorides are all covalently bonded and volatile. This behavior contrasts with the corresponding oxides. Oxygen is a weaker oxidant and inherently more likely to form covalent bonds, but it only forms molecules with six metals ( manganese heptoxide, technetium heptoxide, ruthenium tetroxide, osmium tetroxide, plutonium tetroxide, [40] and iridium tetroxide [41]). Fluorine forms molecules with fourteen metals because its small size and single charge as an ion allows surrounding metal atoms with more fluorines than oxygen can.

Bismuth highest fluoride is a volatile penta species that is a powerful fluorinating agent. In the solid state, it is polymeric, consisting of linear chains of octahedra, sharing axial fluorides. Pentavalent bismuth behaves as an acid and forms hexafluorobismuthate, [BiF6-, upon reaction with a fluoride donor, either strong (such as NaF [42] [43]) or not (such as XeF4 [44]).

Many metals that form hexafluorides also can form pentafluorides. For instance, uranium, which has a well-known hexafluoride, also forms two different pentafluoride structures. The room-temperature (alpha) form has the same linear chain structure as bismuth pentafluoride. As a molecular (gas) species, UF5 has a square pyramidal structure. Vanadium pentafluoride is said to share this structure, but is reported to be nonvolatile. [45]

The structure of bismuth pentafluoride

Structure of a (XF5)n chain; X=V,Bi,U. Packing of chains
test-tube like glass container, with pointy sealed end, filled with white crystals
Uranium hexafluoride in sealed glass

The metals that make well-characterized hexafluorides include nine metals in the center of the periodic table ( molybdenum, technetium, ruthenium, rhodium, tungsten, rhenium, osmium, iridium, and platinum) along with elements 92–94: uranium, neptunium, and plutonium. At room temperature, tungsten hexafluoride is a gas. Molybdenum hexafluoride and rhenium hexafluoride are liquids. The rest are volatile solids.

Metal hexafluorides are oxidants because of their tendency to release fluorines: for example, platinum hexafluoride was the first compound to oxidize molecular oxygen [46] and xenon. [47] Polonium also forms a hexafluoride, but it is understudied. [48]

Rhenium is the only metal known to bond with seven fluorides in charge-neutral metal compound, which is the charged-ligands number record. [49] Rhenium heptafluoride adopts a pentagonal bipyramid molecular geometry. Calculations shows that the currently unknown but perhaps possible iridium heptafluoride [50] (report of synthesis is being prepared [41]), technetium heptafluoride, [51] and osmium heptafluoride [52] will also have this structure.

ball and stick drawing, shows central rhenium with a fluorine directly above and below and then an equatorial belt of 5 surrounding fluorines.
Rhenium heptafluoride

Osmium octafluoride was first reported in 1913, but in 1958 that compound was shown to be actually osmium hexafluoride. [53] A 1993 theoretical study predicted very weak bonds in osmium octafluoride and said that it would be difficult to ever detect experimentally. The study predicted that, if made, OsF8 would have Os–F bonds of two different lengths. [54]

Nonmetal fluorides

The nonmetal binary fluorides are volatile compounds. They show a great difference between period 2 and other fluorides. For instance, period 2 elements elements fluorides never exceed the octet in their atoms. ( Boron is an exception due to its specific position in the periodic table.) Lower-period elements, however, may form hypervalent molecules, such as phosphorus pentafluoride or sulfur hexafluoride. [55] The reactivity of such species varies greatly: sulfur hexafluoride is inert, while chlorine trifluoride is extremely reactive. But there are some tendencies and trends based on periodic table columns.

Boron trifluoride is a planar molecule. It has only six electrons around the central boron atom (and thus an incomplete octet), but it readily accepts a Lewis base, forming adducts with lone-pair-containing molecules or ions such as ammonia or another fluoride ion which can donate two more electrons to complete the octet. [56] Boron monofluoride is an unstable gas that has been isolated at low temperatures. It is a " subfluoride" (compound containing less than normal saturation with fluorine) and is prone to polymerizing. It is stable as a ligand in some metal complexes. The bond order has been described alternately as 3 (a triple bond) [3] and as 1.4 (intermediate between a single and double bond). [57] The molecule is unusual as on it, fluorine is the one to hold the positive charge, despite the electronegativities (although the oxidation state remains -1).

Lewis dot diagram structures show three formal alternatives for describing bonding in boron monofluoride.

Silicon tetrafluoride, similar to carbon tetrafluoride and germanium tetrafluoride, adopts a molecular tetrahedral structure. [58] SiF4 is stable against heating or electric spark, but reacts with water (even moist air), metals, and alkalies, thus demonstrating weak acidic character. [59] Reactions with organomagnesium compounds, alcohols, amines, and ammonia yield adduction compounds. [59] Fluorosilicic acid, a derivative of SiF4 is a strong acid in aqueous solution (the anhydrous form does not exist). [60]

Among the pnictogens (nitrogen's periodic table column) trifluorides, reactivity and acidity of fluorides increases down the group: NF3 is stable against hydrolysis, [61] PF3 hydrolyzes very slowly in moist air, [62] while AsF3 completely hydrolyzes. [61] SbF3 hydrolyzes only partially due to the increasing ionic character of the bond to fluorine. The compounds are weak Lewis bases, with NF3 again being an exception. [61] The pentafluorides of phosphorus [62] and arsenic [63] are much more reactive than their trifluorides; antimony pentafluoride is such a strong acid that it holds the title of the strongest Lewis acid. [63]

Nitrogen is not known to form a pentafluoride, although the tetrafluoroammonium cation (NF+
4) features nitrogen in the formal oxidation state of +5. [64] Nitrogen and fluorine also combine to make dinitrogen difluoride. Both cis and trans forms of the molecule exist. (The nitrogens are double bonded to each other.) A related N2F+ cation is also known. They two, among others, also form a simple molecule NF, isoelectronic with O2. The ground state of the molecule has a very small negative charges on fluorine, and both higher-energy states shift the positive charge on fluorine again.

The chalcogens (oxygen's periodic table column) mainly form tetrafluorides and hexafluorides. The tetafluorides are thermally unstable and hydrolyze, and are also ready to use their lone pair to form adducts to other (acidic) fluorides. Sulfur and selenium tetrafluorides molecules are trigonal pyramids, while TeF4 is a polymer. [65] The hexafluorides are the result of direct fluorination of the elements (compare: other hexahalides of the elements do even not exist). They, like the previous group's highest fluorides, increase in reactivity with atomic number: SF6 is extremely inert, SeF6 is less noble (for example, reacts with ammonia at 200 °C (400 °F), and TeF6 easily hydrolyzes to give an oxoacid. [65]

Oxygen is (similarly to nitrogen) out of line: Its highest fluoride is oxygen difluoride, [65] and fluorine again can (however, for this element only theoretically as of 2012) oxidize it to a uniquely high oxidation state of +4 in a fluorocation, OF+
3. [66]

The well-characterized heavier halogens (chlorine, bromine, and iodine) all form mono-, tri-, and pentafluorides: XF, XF3, and XF5. Of the neutral +7 species, only iodine heptafluoride is known. [67] While chlorine and bromine heptafluorides are not known, the corresponding cations ClF+
6 and BrF+
6, extremely strong oxidizers, are. [68] Astatine is not well-studied, and although there is a report of a non-volatile astatine monofluoride, [69] its existence is debated. [70]

The T shape of ClF3

Many of the halogen fluorides are powerful fluorinators. Chlorine trifluoride is particularly noteworthy—readily fluorinating asbestos and refractory oxides—and may be even more reactive than chlorine pentafluoride. Used industrially, ClF3 requires special precautions similar to those for fluorine gas because of its corrosiveness and hazards to humans. [71] [72] The structure of the molecule is very close to a T.

Superacids

Main article: Superacid

Several important inorganic acids contain fluorine. They are generally very strong because of the high electronegativity of fluorine. One such acid, fluoroantimonic acid (HSbF6), is the strongest charge-neutral acid known. [73] The dispersion of the charge on the anion affects the acidity of the solvated proton (in form of H
2F+
): The compound has an extremely low pKa of −28 and is 10 quadrillion (1016) times stronger than pure sulfuric acid. [73] Fluoroantimonic acid is so strong that it protonates otherwise inert compounds like hydrocarbons. Hungarian-American chemist George Olah received the 1994 Nobel Prize in chemistry for investigating such reactions. [74]

Noble gas compounds

Main article: Noble gas compound

The noble gases are generally non-reactive because they have fully filled electronic shells, which are extremely stable. Until the 1960s, no chemical bond with a noble gas was known. In 1962, Neil Bartlett used fluorine-containing platinum hexafluoride to react with xenon. He called the compound he prepared xenon hexafluoroplatinate, but since then the product has been revealed to be mixture of different chemicals. Bartlett probably synthesized a mixture of monofluoroxenyl(II) hexafluoroplatinate, [XeF]+[PtF6–, monofluoroxenyl(II) undecafluorodiplatinate, [XeF]+[Pt2F11–, and trifluorodixenyl(II) hexafluoroplatinate, [Xe2F3+[PtF6–. [75] Bartlett's fluorination of xenon has been called one of the ten most beautiful experiments in the history of chemistry. [76] Later in 1962, xenon was reacted directly with fluorine to form the di- and tetra- fluorides. Since then, chemists have made extensive efforts to form other noble gas fluorides.

black-and-white photo showing icy-looking crystals in a dish
Xenon tetrafluoride crystals, 1962

Having started the noble gases–fluorine compounds class, xenon is also the noble gas to have the most well-known such compounds. Its binary compounds include xenon difluoride, xenon tetrafluoride, and xenon hexafluoride, as well as their derivatives. [77] Xenon forms several oxyfluorides, such as xenon oxydifluoride, XeOF2, by reaction of xenon tetrafluoride with water. [78] Its upper neighbor, krypton, is the only other one to form a well-established compound: krypton difluoride. Krypton tetrafluoride was reported in 1963, [79] but was subsequently shown to be a mistaken identification; [80] the compound seems to be very hard to synthesize now (although even the hexafluoride may exist). [80] A krypton monofluoride radical [81] (used in the krypton fluoride laser) and cation [82] have been observed at low temperature.

In strong accordance with the periodic trends, radon is notably more reactive to oxidizers, including fluorine. It has been shown to readily react with fluorine to form a solid compound, which is generally thought to be radon difluoride. The exact composition is uncertain as the compound is prone to decomposition. Calculations indicate that radon difluoride may be ionic, unlike all other binary noble gas fluorides. [69]

The lighter noble gases (helium through argon) do not form stable binary fluorides. Argon forms no binary fluoride, but reacts in extreme conditions with hydrogen fluoride to form argon fluorohydride; it is the only "stable" (i.e. not decaying chemically over time under certain conditions) argon compound. Argon also forms a short-lived, metastable binary argon monofluoride, ArF•, which is used in the argon fluoride laser. [83] Helium and neon do not form any stable chemical compounds at all. Helium forms a temporary helium fluorohydride that is stable for a few nanoseconds. [84] [85] Neon, the least reactive element, [note 3] forms a metastable chemical compound, neon monofluoride, NeF•. [88]

Ununoctium, the last currently known group 18 element, is predicted to form ununoctium difluoride, UuoF
2, and ununoctium tetrafluoride, UuoF
4, which is likely to have the tetrahedral molecular geometry. [89] However, only a few atoms of ununoctium have been synthesized, [90] and its chemical properties have not been examined.

Highest oxidation states: fluorine versus oxygen

Ruthenium's highest fluoride and oxide
A structural chemistry line diagram of octahedral RuF6 line diagram of tetrahedral RuO4
Ruthenium hexafluoride: Six fluorines fit around the ruthenium but only make a +6 oxidation state. Ruthenium tetroxide: Four oxygens fit around the ruthenium, making a +8 oxidation state.

Elements frequently have their highest oxidation state in the form of a binary fluoride. Several elements show their highest oxidation state only in a few compounds, one of which is the fluoride; and some elements' highest known oxidation state is seen exclusively in a fluoride.

Fluorine was the first element able to oxidize a group 12 element to an oxidation state above +2, making the element's d-electrons participate in bonding. [91] Mercury(IV) fluoride was produced by this reaction, the first ever mercury(IV) compound; its discovery has heated the debate over whether mercury, cadmium, and zinc are transition metals. [92] The other two such states are cobalt(V) [51] and krypton(II). [93] Silver(V) may be possible in a fluorine species, which would beat the oxygen species (silver(III) is the highscore for the both), the same is true for palladium(VI) (highscores are palladium(IV)) and iridium(VII) (highscores are iridium(VI)). [51] Technetium(VII) is known for the oxide and not the fluoride, but the latter is also possible; osmium(VIII) is analogous from this point. [51] It is possible that element 113, ununtrium, will be the first boron group element to form a species in the +5 oxidation state, the fluorine-based hexafluoroununtrate(V), UutF−
6; [94] no other ununtrium(V) species is expected. In some cases the oxides can go significantly further, though. [51]

For groups 1–5, 10, 13–16, the highest oxidation states of oxides and fluorides are always equal. Differences are only seen in chromium, groups 7–9, copper, mercury, and the noble gases. Fluorination allows elements to achieve relatively low [note 4] oxidation states that are, however, hard to achieve. For example, no binary oxide is known for krypton, but krypton difluoride is well-studied. [93] At the same time, very high oxidation states are known for oxygen-based species only. For the previously mentioned volatile oxides, there are no corresponding hepta- or octafluorides. (For example, ruthenium octafluoride is unlikely to be ever synthesized, [51] while ruthenium tetroxide has even found an industrial use. [95]) The main problem that prevents fluorine from forming the highest states in covalent hepta- and octafluorides is that it is hard to attach such a large number of ligands around a single atom; the number of ligands is halved in analogous oxides. [96] [note 5] However, octafluoride anions, such as the octafluororhenate (ReF−
8), octafluorozirconate (ZrF4−
8), and octafluoroxenate (XeF2−
8) anions are well-known.

Organic compounds

Main article: Organofluorine chemistry

Organofluorine compounds are defined by having a carbon–fluorine chemical bond. This bond is the strongest bond in organic chemistry and is very stable. [97] Fluorine replaces hydrogen in hydrocarbons even at room temperature. After the reaction, the molecular size is not changed significantly. Organofluorine compounds are synthesized via both direct reaction with fluorine gas, which can be dangerously reactive, or reaction with fluorinating reagents such as cobalt trifluoride. [98] The range of organofluorine compounds is diverse, reflecting the inherent complexity of organic chemistry. A vast number of small molecules exist with varying amounts of fluorine substitution, as well as many polymers—research into particular areas is driven by the commercial value of applications. [98]

several space-filling (globular) molecular models
Some organofluorine compounds: (A) fluoromethane (methyl fluoride), used in semiconductor processing; (B) tetrafluoroethane (R-134a), an HFC; (C) dichlorodifluoromethane (R-12 refrigerant), a CFC; (D) trifluoromethanesulfonic acid (triflic acid), a superacid; (E) perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (main component of Scotchgard), a fluorosurfactant; (F) a section of polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon) polymer

Small molecules

two six-membered rings joined on a side, all F substituted
Perfluorodecalin, a perfluorocarbon that is a liquid at room temperature. It boils at a lower temperature than its hydrocarbon analog, decalin.

Organic compounds with all C-H bonds changed to C-F are called fluorocarbons or perfluorocarbons (the "per" prefix signifying presence of as much fluorine as chemically possible). The very different molecular interaction potentials of perfluorocarbons causes these substances to be extremely insoluble in water and also not miscible with hydrocarbons, thus forming three layers of liquid (perfluorocarbon most dense) if liquid perfluorocarbons are mixed with liquid oil and water.

The perfluoro derivatives of alkanes (hydrocarbons with single bonds only) have higher density and often higher melting and boiling points, and are also more thermally and chemically stable than their hydrocarbon analogs. However, the very small intermolecular interaction energies typical of perfluorinated molecules causes perfluoroalkanes to have much lower melting and boiling points than hydrocarbons of similar molecular weight (sometimes even lower than the hydrocarbon analogs).

In contrast, the perfluorination of hydrocarbons that contain double bonds ( alkenes) or triple bonds ( alkynes) gives rise to very easily attacked molecules. Difluoroacetylene, which is explosive even at low temperatures, is a notable example.

The Fowler process produces commercial perfluoroalkanes. Hydrocarbon feedstocks are passed over a bed of cobalt trifluoride, which loses fluorine and is reduced to cobalt difluoride. Fluorine reacts with the hydrocarbon producing perfluorocarbon and HF. The cobalt bed is periodically refluorinated to the trifluoride, in a separate step, by reaction with concentrated HF.

Partially fluorinated alkanes exist as well, the hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). Substituting other halogens in combination with fluorine gives rise to chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) or bromofluorocarbons (BFCs) and the like. (Or if some hydrogen is retained, HCFCs and the like.) Properties depend on the number and identity of the halogen atoms. In general, the boiling points are even more elevated by combination of halogen atoms because the varying size and charge of different halogens allows more intermolecular attractions. [99] As with fluorocarbons, chlorofluorocarbons and bromofluorocarbons are not flammable: they do not have carbon–hydrogen bonds to react and released halides quench flames. [99]

Perfluorinated compounds (as opposed to perfluorocarbons) is the term used for molecules that would be perfluorocarbons—only carbon and fluorine atoms—except for having an extra functional group. The perfluoro parts of the molecule tend to be hydrophobic and slippery. The functional group allows reactions, attachment to solids, solubility, etc. Electrochemical fluorination (ECF), essentially electrolysis in HF, is the commercial production method.

The fluorosurfactants are notable perfluorinated compounds. They have a medium length straight chain of perfluoroalkane terminated by an acid group. This type of arrangement, like a fatty acid, gives rise to a combination of properties. For instance perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS, formerly the active component in brand "Scotchgard") has eight fluorinated carbons in a row ending with a sulfonic acid group.

For fluorinated organic acids, the large inductive effect of the trifluoromethyl group results in high acid strengths, which may be comparable to mineral acids. In these compounds, the anion's affinity for the acid proton is decreased by the acid's fluorine content, which increases its affinity for the extra electron left when the acidic proton leaves. For example, acetic acid is a weak acid, with pKa equal to 4.76, while its fluorinated derivative, trifluoroacetic acid has pKa of −0.23, giving it 33,000 times greater acid strength. [100]

Polymers

Fluoropolymers are organic polymers ("plastics") containing fluorine. Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE, DuPont brand Teflon) is a simple linear chain polymer with the repeating structural unit: –CF2–. PTFE has a backbone of carbons single bonded in a long chain, with all side bonds to fluorines. It contains no hydrogens and can be thought of as the perfluoro analog of polyethylene (structural unit: –CH2–). PTFE has high chemical and thermal stability, as expected for a perfluorocarbon, much stronger than polyethylene. The non-stick nature of PTFE results from the repulsion of highly charged fluorine atoms in polymeric chains. Its resistance to van der Waals forces makes PTFE the only known surface to which a gecko cannot stick. [101]

chemical formula
The complex unit structure of Nafion

Several other fluoropolymers exist that are more complicated structurally than PTFE. FEP ( fluorinated ethylene propylene) and PFA ( perfluoroalkoxy) are similar to PTFE in not containing any hydrogens and contain a PTFE backbone. FEP has branching chains of fluoroalkane. PFA also has branched fluoralkane but with an ether (oxygen) link. Three fluoropolymers that contain hydrogen are polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF, structural unit: –CF2CH2–), polyvinyl fluoride (PVF, structural unit: –CH2CHF–), and ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE, structural unit: –CF2CF2CH2CH2–).

Nafion is a complicated polymer, structurally. It has a PTFE-like backbone, but also contains side chains of perfluoro ether that end in sulfonic acid (SO3H) groups. It has similar chemical stability as PTFE, but because of the acid side chains, is also an ionic conductor, the first ionomer.

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