Nomenclature
CAS number: 7783-50-8
F
3Fe; mol wt 112.84.
F 50.51%, Fe 49.49%.
FeF
3.
Description and references
Prepn from FeCl3 and HF: Kwasnik
in Handbook of Preparative Inorganic Chemistry vol. 1, G. Brauer, Ed. (Academic Press, New York, 2nd
ed., 1963) p 266; Shinn et al., Inorg. Chem. 5, 1927 (1966); from Fe2O3 or Fe2S3 and SF4:
Oppegard et al., J. Am. Chem.
Soc. 82, 3835 (1960); from FeCl3 and CH3CHF2: Natta et al., GB 995186 (1965 to Montecatini).
Properties
Green hexagonal crystals. Sublimes >1000°.
d 3.87. Very slightly
sol in water; freely sol in dil HF; practically insol in alcohol,
ether, benzene. Soly in liquid HF: 0.008 g/100 g HF, Jache, Cady, J. Phys. Chem. 56, 1106 (1952).Use
As catalyst in organic reactions.