Lithium hypofluorite

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| Name = Lithium hypofluorite

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| PIN = Lithium hypofluorite

| OtherNames = Lithium fluoride oxide, lithium oxyfluoride

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| CASNo = 34240-84-1

| ChemSpiderID = 20478385

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| InChI = 1S/FO.Li/c1-2;/q-1;+1

| InChIKey = WYWLSUBVZXKJGO-UHFFFAOYSA-N

| SMILES = [Li+].[O-]F

| DTXSID = DTXSID90187814

| PubChem = 23678220

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| Formula = LiOF

| Li=1 | O=1 | F=1

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| OtherCompounds = {{ubl|Lithium fluoride|Lithium hypochlorite}}

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Lithium hypofluorite is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula of {{chem2|LiOF|auto=1}}. It is a compound of lithium, fluorine, and oxygen.{{cite book |title=Science Data Booklet |date=11 July 2020 |publisher=Manjunath.R |page=146 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZG3wDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Lithium+hypofluorite%22&pg=PA146 |access-date=12 May 2023 |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Barin |first1=Ihsan |title=Thermochemical Data of Pure Substances: La-Zr |date=1995 |publisher=VCH |isbn=978-3-527-28745-1 |page=965 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IUgpAAAAYAAJ&q=Lithium+hypofluorite |access-date=12 May 2023 |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Binnewies |first1=M. |last2=Milke |first2=E. |title=Thermochemical Data of Elements and Compounds |date=3 December 2002 |publisher=Wiley |isbn=978-3-527-30524-7 |page=466 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qUJRAAAAMAAJ&q=Lithium+hypofluorite+LiOF |access-date=12 May 2023 |language=en}} This is a lithium salt of hypofluorous acid,{{cite web |title=NIST-JANAF Themochemical Tables, Fourth Edition |url=https://webbook.nist.gov/cgi/cbook.cgi?ID=C34240841&Mask=1 |publisher=NIST |access-date=12 May 2023 |pages=1–1951 |date=1998}} and contains lithium cations {{chem2|Li+}} and hypofluorite anions {{chem2|−OF}}.{{dubious|date=February 2025}}