6647. Nitrosyl Fluoride

Nomenclature

CAS number: 7789-25-5
Nitrogen oxyfluoride.
FNO; mol wt 49.00.
F 38.77%, N 28.59%, O 32.65%.

Description and references

Preparation: Ruff et al., Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 208, 293 (1932); Balz, Mail"ander, ibid. 217, 166 (1934); Faloon, Kenna, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 73, 2937 (1951); Kwasnik in Handbook of Preparative Inorganic Chemistry vol. 1, G. Brauer, Ed. (Academic Press, New York, 2nd ed., 1963) pp 184-185. Reviews: Hoffman, Neville, Chem. Rev. 62, 1-18 (1962); Kemmitt, Sharp, Adv. Fluorine Chem. 4, 194-195 (1965); Woolf, ibid. 5, 1-30 (1965); Schmutzler, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 7, 440-455 (1968).

Properties

Colorless gas. Often bluish because of impurities. Vigorous reaction with glass, corroding action on quartz. May be kept in quartz ampuls if cooled in liquid oxygen. mp -132.5°. bp -59.9°. d (liq at bp) 1.326. d (solid) 1.719. Trouton const. 21.3. Reacts with water to form NO, HNO3 and HF.

Caution

Highly irritating to skin, eyes, mucous membranes. See also Fluorine.

Use

Oxidizer in rocket propellants; stabilizing agent for liquid SO3; fluorinating agent.