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Fluorine forms a great variety of chemical compounds, within which it always adopts an oxidation state of −1. With other atoms, fluorine forms either polar covalent bonds or ionic bonds. Most frequently, covalent bonds involving fluorine atoms are single bonds, although at least two examples of a higher order bond exist. [2]
In the vapour phase the SrF 2 molecule is non-linear with an F−Sr−F angle of approximately 120°. [5] This is an exception to VSEPR theory which would predict a linear structure. Ab initio calculations have been cited to propose that contributions from d orbitals in the shell below the valence shell are responsible. [ 6 ]
[1] [2] [3] Introduced by Gilbert N. Lewis in his 1916 article The Atom and the Molecule, a Lewis structure can be drawn for any covalently bonded molecule, as well as coordination compounds. [4] Lewis structures extend the concept of the electron dot diagram by adding lines between atoms to represent shared pairs in a chemical bond.
Barium fluoride is an inorganic compound with the formula Ba F 2.It is a colorless solid that occurs in nature as the rare mineral frankdicksonite. [9] Under standard conditions it adopts the fluorite structure and at high pressure the PbCl 2 structure. [10]
Magnesium fluoride is an ionically bonded inorganic compound with the formula Mg F 2.The compound is a colorless to white crystalline salt and is transparent over a wide range of wavelengths, with commercial uses in optics that are also used in space telescopes.
Diphosphorus tetrafluoride is a gaseous compound of phosphorus and fluorine with formula P 2 F 4.Two fluorine atoms are connected to each phosphorus atom, and there is a bond between the two phosphorus atoms.
Oxygen difluoride is a chemical compound with the formula OF 2. As predicted by VSEPR theory, the molecule adopts a bent molecular geometry. [citation needed] It is a strong oxidizer and has attracted attention in rocketry for this reason. [5] With a boiling point of −144.75 °C, OF 2 is the most volatile (isolable) triatomic compound. [6]
It is produced by the chemical reaction of xenon with fluorine: [4] [5] Xe + 2 F 2 → XeF 4. This reaction is exothermic, releasing an energy of 251 kJ/mol. [3] Xenon tetrafluoride is a colorless crystalline solid that sublimes at 117 °C. Its structure was determined by both NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography in 1963.