Mercury(II) fluoride
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| Name = Mercury(II) fluoride
| ImageFile = Mercury(II)-fluoride-xtal-3D-sticks.png
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| ImageName = Mercury(II) fluoride
| IUPACName = Mercury(II) fluoride
| OtherNames = Mercuric fluoride
|Section1={{Chembox Identifiers
| CASNo = 7783-39-3
| CASNo_Ref = {{cascite|correct|??}}
| ChemSpiderID = 74189
| UNII_Ref = {{fdacite|correct|FDA}}
| UNII = 1EGI9VXN9A
| RTECS =
| EC_number = 231-994-6
| PubChem = 82209
| InChI = 1S/2FH.Hg/h2*1H;/q;;+2/p-2
| InChIKey = FMSYTQMJOCCCQS-UHFFFAOYSA-L
| SMILES = F[Hg]F
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|Section2={{Chembox Properties
| Formula = HgF2
| MolarMass = 238.587 g/mol
| Appearance = hygroscopic white cubic crystals
| Density = 8.95 g/cm3
| MeltingPt = decomposes at 645°C
| BoilingPt =
{{Citation |last= Lide |first= David R |year= 1998
| title = Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
| edition= 87th |location = Boca Raton, Florida |publisher= CRC Press |isbn= 0-8493-0594-2 |pages= 4–69}}
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| MagSus = −62.0·10−6 cm3/mol
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|Section3={{Chembox Structure
| CrystalStruct = Fluorite (cubic), cF12
| SpaceGroup = Fm{{overline|3}}m, No. 225
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|Section4={{Chembox Thermochemistry
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|Section7={{Chembox Hazards
| MainHazards = highly toxic
| ExternalSDS =
| NFPA-H = 4
| NFPA-F = 0
| NFPA-R = 0
| GHSPictograms = {{GHS06}}{{GHS08}}{{GHS09}}
| FlashPt =
| HPhrases = {{H-phrases|300|310|330|373|410}}
| PPhrases = {{P-phrases|360|301+310|304+340|320|330|361|405|501}}{{cite web|url=https://www.alfa.com/it/msds/?language=EN&subformat=CLP1&sku=11533|title=Mercury(II) fluoride MSDS|publisher=ThermoFisher Scientific|access-date=2022-02-02}}
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|Section8={{Chembox Related
| OtherAnions = Mercury(II) chloride
Mercury(II) bromide
Mercury(II) iodide
| OtherCations = Mercury(I) fluoride
Zinc fluoride
Cadmium fluoride
Thallium(I) fluoride
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Mercury(II) fluoride has the molecular formula HgF2 as a chemical compound of one atom of mercury with 2 atoms of fluorine.
Synthesis
Mercury(II) fluoride is most commonly produced by the reaction of mercury(II) oxide and hydrogen fluoride:
:HgO + 2 HF → HgF2 + H2O
Mercury(II) fluoride can also be produced through the fluorination of mercury(II) chloride:
:HgCl2 + F2 → HgF2 + Cl2
or of mercury(II) oxide:{{Greenwood&Earnshaw}}
:2 HgO + 2 F2 → 2 HgF2 + O2
with oxygen as byproduct.
Applications
Mercury(II) fluoride is a selective fluorination agent.{{cite encyclopedia|doi=10.1002/047084289X.rm035|entry=Mercury(II) fluoride|first=Suzanne T.|last=Purrington|title=Mercury(II) Fluoride |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis|date=2001 |publisher=Wiley|isbn=0-471-93623-5 }}{{cite journal |doi= 10.1016/S0022-1139(00)80299-7 |title= Photochemical selective fluorination of organic molecules using mercury (II) fluoride |year=1991 |last1=Habibi |first1=Mohammed H. |last2=Mallouk |first2=Thomas E. |journal= Journal of Fluorine Chemistry |volume=51 |issue=2 |pages=291|bibcode= 1991JFluC..51..291H }}
References
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