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The molecular geometry of ClF 3 is approximately T-shaped, with one short bond (1.598 Å) and two long bonds (1.698 Å). [14] This structure agrees with the prediction of VSEPR theory , which predicts lone pairs of electrons as occupying two equatorial positions of a hypothetic trigonal bipyramid .
The compound is more conveniently prepared by reaction of sodium chlorate and chlorine trifluoride [3] and purified by vacuum fractionation, i.e. selectively condensing this species separately from other products. This species is a gas boiling at −6 °C: 6 NaClO 3 + 4 ClF 3 → 6 ClO 2 F + 2 Cl 2 + 3 O 2 + 6 NaF
The molecular structure in the gas phase was determined by microwave spectroscopy; the bond length is r e = 1.628341(4) Å. [2]The bond length in the crystalline ClF is 1.628(1) Å; the lengthening relative to the free molecule is due to an interaction of the type F-Br···ClMe with a distance of 2.640(1) Å.
ClF ClF 3 ClF 5; Systematic name: Chlorine monofluoride: Chlorine trifluoride: Chlorine pentafluoride: Molar mass: 54.45 g/mol 92.45 g/mol 130.45 g/mol CAS number: Melting point: −155.6 °C −76.3 °C −103 °C Boiling point: −100 °C 11.8 °C −13.1 °C Standard enthalpy of formation Δ f H° gas: −50.29 kJ/mol −158.87 kJ/mol
The T-shaped geometry is related to the trigonal bipyramidal molecular geometry for AX 5 molecules with three equatorial and two axial ligands. In an AX 3 E 2 molecule, the two lone pairs occupy two equatorial positions, and the three ligand atoms occupy the two axial positions as well as one equatorial position.
Structure of xenon oxytetrafluoride, an example of a molecule with the square pyramidal coordination geometry. Square pyramidal geometry describes the shape of certain chemical compounds with the formula ML 5 where L is a ligand. If the ligand atoms were connected, the resulting shape would be that of a pyramid with a square base.
(c) The ELF for the ClF 3 molecule generated using an η=0.835 value for the isosurfaces. The ELF analysis of ClF 3 indicates that there is a single toroidal-shaped basin at the 'back' of each fluorine atom, corresponding analogously to the three lone pairs arranged in a ring as generated for the HF molecule . This is in contrast with the Lewis ...
The well-characterized heavier halogens (chlorine, bromine, and iodine) all form mono-, tri-, and pentafluorides: XF, XF 3, and XF 5. Of the neutral +7 species, only iodine heptafluoride is known. [93] While chlorine and bromine heptafluorides are not known, the corresponding cations ClF + 6 and BrF + 6, extremely strong oxidizers, are. [94]