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Xenon difluoride

99.99% trace metals basis

Synonym(s):

Xenon Fluoride (XeF2)

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Linear Formula:
XeF2
CAS Number:
13709-36-9
Molecular Weight:
169.29
EC Number:
237-251-2
MDL number:
MFCD00040538
UNSPSC Code:
12352300
PubChem Substance ID:
24864601
NACRES:
NA.23

vapor pressure

3.8 mmHg ( 25 °C)

Quality Level

100

Assay

99.99% trace metals basis

form

crystals

mp

129 °C (lit.)

density

4.32 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

F[Xe]F

InChI

1S/F2Xe/c1-3-2

InChI key

IGELFKKMDLGCJO-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Xenon fluoride may be obtained by interacting elemental xenon and fluorine in the temperature range of 473-523 oC and 5 absolute atmosphere. Xenon difluoride readily interacts with Lewis acid and forms complexes.

Application

Very useful fluorination agent. Xenon fluoride may be used as a fluorinating agent to analyze sulphur, selenium and tellurium by gas chromatography.

Packaging

Packaged in PFA/FEP bottles

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H272,H301,H314,H330

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 1 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Eye Dam. 1 - Ox. Sol. 2 - Skin Corr. 1B

Storage Class Code

5.1B - Oxidizing hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Fluorination with XeF(2).(1) 44. Effect of Geometry and Heteroatom on the Regioselectivity of Fluorine Introduction into an Aromatic Ring.
Marko Zupan et al.
The Journal of organic chemistry, 63(3), 878-880 (2001-10-24)
Use of Xenon difluoride for the determination of sulfur, selenium and tellurium as the volatile fluorides by gas chromatography
Aleinikov NN, et al.
Russian Chemical Bulletin, 22(11), 2552-2554 (1973)
Infrared spectra of complex compounds of xenon difluoride with ruthenium pentafluoride
Prusakov VN, et al.
Journal of Applied Spectroscopy, 17(1), 920-922 (1972)
Ariela W Kaspi et al.
Inorganic chemistry, 47(1), 5-7 (2007-12-07)
Palladium(II) aryliodo complexes bearing chelating diphosphine ligands react with XeF2, giving iodoarene and rare palladium(II) difluoro complexes. The reaction is general with regard to the aryl group, with even C6F5-I undergoing facile reductive elimination from a Pd center.
Minseob Kim et al.
Nature chemistry, 2(9), 784-788 (2010-08-24)
The application of pressure, internal or external, transforms molecular solids into extended solids with more itinerant electrons to soften repulsive interatomic interactions in a tight space. Examples include insulator-to-metal transitions in O(2), Xe and I(2), as well as molecular-to-non-molecular transitions
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