HIGH ENERGY OXIDIZERS
Abstract
Infrared spectra of C1F2+AsF6(-) and C1F2(+)BF4(-) proved that the C1F2(+) cation is bent and not linear. The synthesis of difluorochlorinium complexes containing high-energy anions, such as NO3(-), N2OF(-), C1O4(-) or C1O3(-), was approached from different directions. A new oxidizer species based on chlorine fluorides, the difluorochlorate (I) anion, C1F2(-), was successfully prepared in the form of its nitrosyl salt. Nitrosyl fluoride reacts with chlorine monofluoride in a 1:1 mole ratio, forming a white solid at -78C, which is completely dissociated in the gas phase at 25C. A pressure-temperature curve gives a heat of reaction, 15.5 kcal/mole, for the dissociation process: complex (s) = NOF (g) + C1F (g). Conductivity and infrared measurements indicate that the complex is ionic in solution and in the solid state, respectively. From these results, the structure, NO(+)C1F2(-), is assigned to the solid complex. Nitrogen trifluoride, AsF5, and elementary fluorine under different reaction conditions failed to produce the desired NF4(+)AsF6(-).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 31, 1965
- Accession Number
- AD0612661
Entities
People
- A. E. Pavlath
- J. P. Guertin
- K. O. Christe