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| IUPAC name Copper(I) fluoride | |
| Systematic IUPAC name Fluorocopper | |
| Other names Cuprous fluoride | |
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| Properties | |
| Chemical formula | CuF |
| Molar mass | 82.544 g·mol |
| Density | 7.1 g cm |
| Structure | |
| Crystal structure | sphalerite |
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| Signal word | Warning |
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| PEL (Permissible) | TWA 1 mg/m (as Cu) |
| REL (Recommended) | TWA 1 mg/m (as Cu) |
| IDLH (Immediate danger) | TWA 100 mg/m (as Cu) |
| Related compounds | |
| Other anions | Copper(I) chloride Copper(I) bromide Copper(I) iodide |
| Other cations | Silver(I) fluoride Gold(I) fluoride |
| Related compounds | Copper(II) fluoride |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C , 100 kPa).
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Copper(I) fluoride or cuprous fluoride is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula CuF. Its existence is uncertain. It was reported in 1933 to have a sphalerite-type crystal structure. Modern textbooks state that CuF is not known, since fluorine is so electronegative that it will always oxidise copper to its +2 oxidation state. Complexes of CuF such as are, however, known and well characterised.
Synthesis and reactivity
Unlike other copper(I) halides like copper(I) chloride, copper(I) fluoride tends to disproportionate into copper(II) fluoride and copper in a one-to-one ratio at ambient conditions, unless it is stabilised through complexation as in the example of .
- 2CuF → Cu + CuF2
See also
- Copper(II) fluoride, the other simple fluoride of copper
References
- "Copper Monofluoride - PubChem Public Chemical Database". The PubChem Project. USA: National Center for Biotechnology Information.
- ^ NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards. "#0150". National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
- Ebert, F.; Woitinek, H. (1933). "Kristallstrukturen von Fluoriden. II. HgF, HgF2, CuF und CuF2". Z. anorg. allg. Chem. 210 (3): 269–272. doi:10.1002/zaac.19332100307.
- Housecroft, C. E.; Sharpe, A. G. (2008). Inorganic Chemistry (3rd ed.). Prentice Hall. pp. 737–738. ISBN 978-0-13-175553-6.
- Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. pp. 1183–1185. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.
- Gulliver, D. J.; Levason, W.; Webster, M. (1981). "Coordination Stabilised Copper(I) Fluoride. Crystal and Molecular Structure of Fluorotris(triphenylphosphine)copper(I)·Ethanol (1/2), Cu(PPh3)3F·2EtOH". Inorg. Chim. Acta. 52: 153–159. doi:10.1016/S0020-1693(00)88590-4.
- Francis, Simon G.; Matthews, Steven L.; Poleshchuk, Oleg Kh; Walker, Nicholas R.; Legon, Anthony C. (2006-09-25). "N2-Cu-F: A Complex of Dinitrogen and Cuprous Fluoride Characterized by Rotational Spectroscopy". Angewandte Chemie. 118 (38): 6489–6491. doi:10.1002/ange.200601988. PMID 16937427.
| Copper compounds | |
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| Cu(0,I) | |
| Cu(I) | |
| Cu(I,II) | |
| Cu(II) | |
| Cu(III) | |
| Cu(IV) | |