Chloropentafluoride

Structural formula
General
Surname	Chloropentafluoride
other names	Chlorine (V) fluoride
Molecular formula	ClF 5
Brief description	colorless gas with a pungent odor
External identifiers / databases
CAS number 13637-63-3 EC number 237-123-6 ECHA InfoCard 100.033.734 PubChem 61654 Wikidata Q419447
properties
Molar mass	130.45 g mol −1
Physical state	gaseous
density	5.987 kg m −3
Melting point	−102 ° C
boiling point	−13.2 ° C
Vapor pressure	3.253 bar (20 ° C)
solubility	Hydrolysis in water ( hydrogen fluoride is formed )
safety instructions
GHS labeling of hazardous substances danger H and P phrases H: 270-280-330-314 EUH: 071 P: 220-244-260-271-284-280
As far as possible and customary, SI units are used. Unless otherwise noted, the data given apply to standard conditions .

Chloropentafluoride is a gaseous interhalogen compound , which consists of the elements chlorine and fluorine .

Extraction and presentation

Chlorine pentafluoride can be made by heating chlorine trifluoride in fluorine under high pressure.

properties

Chlorine pentafluoride is a colorless, pungent smelling gas which decomposes in the heat. The standard enthalpy of formation is −255 kJ mol ⁻¹ . According to the VSEPR model , the connection has a square-pyramidal structure

Structure with bond lengths and angles

use

Like chlorine trifluoride , pentafluoride is also suitable as a rocket fuel .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i} Entry on chloropentafluoride in the GESTIS material database of the IFA , accessed on February 11, 2016(JavaScript required) .
2. ↑ DF Smith: Chlorine Pentafluoride. In: Science . Volume 141, number 3585, September 1963, pp. 1039-1040, doi : 10.1126 / science.141.3585.1039 . PMID 17739492 .
3. ↑ ^{a b} Riedel, E .; Janiak, C .: Inorganic Chemistry , 9th Edition, 2015 Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin / Boston, ISBN 978-3-11-035528-4 , p. 432, (accessed via De Gruyter Online).
4. ↑ Entry on chlorofluoride. In: Römpp Online . Georg Thieme Verlag, accessed on May 26, 2014.