Silver(I) fluoride

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Silver(I) fluoride
Identifiers
CAS number 7775-41-9
PubChem 62656
RTECS number VW4250000
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Properties
Molecular formula AgF
Molar mass 126.866 g/mol
Appearance yellow-brown solid
Density 5.852 g/cm3, solid
Melting point

435 °C, 708 K, 815 °F

Boiling point

1159 °C, 1432 K, 2118 °F

Solubility in water 1.8 kg/L (20 °C)
Structure
Crystal structure cubic
Related compounds
Other anions Silver(I) oxide
Silver(I) chloride
Other cations Copper(I) fluoride
Gold(I) fluoride
Related compounds Silver subfluoride
Silver(II) fluoride
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Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)
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Silver(I) fluoride (AgF), also known as argentous fluoride and silver monofluoride, is a compound of silver and fluorine. It is a ginger-coloured solid, melting point 435 °C,[1] which blackens on exposure to moist air. Unlike other silver halides such as silver chloride, it is soluble in water to the extent of 1.8 kg/L,[1] and it even has some solubility in acetonitrile. AgF is made from silver(I) carbonate and hydrofluoric acid.

Silver(I) fluoride finds most application in organofluorine chemistry for addition of fluoride across multiple bonds. For example, AgF adds to perfluoroalkenes in acetonitrile to give perfluoroalkylsilver(I) derivatives:[2] RFCF=CF2 + AgF → RFCF(CF3)Ag.

Silver also forms a higher fluoride, silver(II) fluoride, and a lower fluoride, silver subfluoride.

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  1. ^ a b Greenwood, N. N.; Earnshaw, A. (1997). Chemistry of the Elements, 2nd Edition, Oxford:Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN 0-7506-3365-4.
  2. ^ Miller, W. T.; Burnard, R. J., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1968, 90, 7367-7368.
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