Gold(III) fluoride

{{Other uses|Gold fluoride}}

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| ImageFile = AuF3structure.jpg

| Reference =

{{cite book | last = Lide | first = David R. | year = 1998

| title = Handbook of Chemistry and Physics

| edition = 87 | location = Boca Raton, Florida

| publisher = CRC Press

| isbn = 0-8493-0594-2 | pages = 4–59}}

| IUPACName = Gold(III) fluoride

| OtherNames = Gold trifluoride
Auric fluoride

|Section1={{Chembox Identifiers

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| ChemSpiderID = 10790539

| InChI = 1/Au.3FH/h;3*1H/q+3;;;/p-3

| InChIKey = NIXONLGLPJQPCW-DFZHHIFOAD

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| StdInChI = 1S/Au.3FH/h;3*1H/q+3;;;/p-3

| StdInChIKey_Ref = {{stdinchicite|correct|chemspider}}

| StdInChIKey = NIXONLGLPJQPCW-UHFFFAOYSA-K

| CASNo_Ref = {{cascite|correct|??}}

| CASNo = 14720-21-9

| PubChem = 5460532

| ChEBI_Ref = {{ebicite|correct|EBI}}

| ChEBI = 30077

| SMILES = [Au+3].[F-].[F-].[F-]

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|Section2={{Chembox Properties

| Au = 1 | F = 3

| Appearance = orange-yellow hexagonal crystals

| Density = 6.75 g/cm³

| MeltingPt = sublimes above 300 °C

| BoilingPt =

| Solubility = Reacts{{cite journal |author1=Victor Lenher |title=Fluoride of Gold |journal=Journal of the American Chemical Society |date=1903 |volume=25 |issue=11 |pages=1136–1138 |doi=10.1021/ja02013a004 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/1707291 |language=en}}

| MagSus = +74·10⁻⁶ cm³/mol }}

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| CrystalStruct = Hexagonal, hP24

| SpaceGroup = P6₁22, No. 178

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|Section6={{Chembox Thermochemistry

| DeltaHf = −363.3 kJ/mol

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|Section8={{Chembox Related

| OtherAnions = Gold(III) chloride
Gold(III) bromide

| OtherCations = Silver fluoride
Copper(II) fluoride
Mercury(II) fluoride}}

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Gold(III) fluoride is an inorganic compound of gold and flourine with the molecular formula {{chem2|auto=1|AuF3}}. It is an orange solid that sublimes at 300 °C.{{Greenwood&Earnshaw}}, p. 1184. It is a powerful fluorinating agent. It is very sensitive to moisture, yielding gold(III) hydroxide and hydrofluoric acid.