oxygen difluoride
Also known as difluorine monoxide, fluorine monoxide, oxygen fluoride, hypofluorous anhydride, difluorooxidane, OF2, F2O
chemical compound
Chemical data
- Formula
- F2O
- Molecular weight
- 53.996 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- fluoro hypofluorite
- SMILES
- O(F)F
- InChIKey
- UJMWVICAENGCRF-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 1.2
- Polar surface area
- 9.2 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 3
- Formal charge
- 0
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Oxygen difluoride is a chemical compound with the formula OF2. As predicted by VSEPR theory, the molecule adopts a bent molecular geometry. It is a strong oxidizer and has attracted attention in rocketry for this reason. With a boiling point of −144.75 °C, OF2 is the most volatile (isolable) triatomic compound. The compound is one of many known oxygen fluorides.
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