Mercury(II) fluoride

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| Name = Mercury(II) fluoride

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| ImageName = Mercury(II) fluoride

| IUPACName = Mercury(II) fluoride

| OtherNames = Mercuric fluoride

|Section1={{Chembox Identifiers

| CASNo = 7783-39-3

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| 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 =

| Solubility = reacts

{{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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|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}}

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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 }}

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