Hexafluorophosphoric acid

Names

IUPAC name Hexafluorophosphoric acid

Other names Hydrogen hexafluorophosphate
Hydron hexafluorophosphate

Identifiers

CAS Number

16940-81-1

3D model (JSmol)

Interactive image

ChemSpider

17339451

ECHA InfoCard

100.037.263

EC Number

241-006-5

PubChem CID

16211447

CompTox Dashboard (EPA)

DTXSID40884947

InChI

InChI=1S/F6P/c1-7(2,3,4,5)6/q-1/p+1Key: LJQLCJWAZJINEB-UHFFFAOYSA-O
InChI=1/F6P/c1-7(2,3,4,5)6/q-1/p+1Key: LJQLCJWAZJINEB-IKLDFBCSAL

SMILES

.F(F)(F)(F)(F)F

Properties

Chemical formula

HPF₆

Molar mass

145.972 g/mol

Appearance

colorless oily liquid

Melting point

decomposes at 25 °C

Solubility in water

exists only in solution

Hazards

Occupational safety and health (OHS/OSH):

Main hazards

Corrosive

GHS labelling:

Pictograms

Signal word

Danger

Hazard statements

H301, H311, H314, H330

Precautionary statements

P260, P264, P271, P280, P284, P301+P330+P331, P303+P361+P353, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P310, P320, P321, P363, P403+P233, P405, P501

Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C , 100 kPa).

N verify (what is ?) Infobox references

Chemical compound

Hexafluorophosphoric acid refers to a family of salts produced by combining phosphorus pentafluoride and hydrofluoric acid. The idealized chemical formula for hexafluorophosphoric acid is HPF₆, which also is written H[PF]₆. Hexafluorophosphoric acid is only stable in solution, decomposing to HF and PF₅ when dry. It exothermically reacts with water to produce oxonium hexafluorophosphate (H₃OPF₆) and hydrofluoric acid. Additionally, such solutions often contain products derived from hydrolysis of the P-F bonds, including HPO
₂F
₂, H
₂PO
₂F, and H
₃PO
₄, and their conjugate bases. Hexafluorophosphoric acid attacks glass. Upon heating, it decomposes to generate HF. Crystalline HPF
₆ has been obtained as the hexahydrate, wherein PF
₆ is enclosed in truncated octahedral cages defined by the water and protons. NMR spectroscopy indicates that solutions derived from this hexahydrate contain significant amounts of HF.

Whereas a species with the formula HPF₆ remains unknown, the analogous molecular hexafluoroarsenic acid (HAsF₆) has been crystallized.

References

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