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Iodine heptafluoride

Names
Other names Iodine(VII) fluoride Heptafluoroiodine
Identifiers
CAS Number	16921-96-3
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image
ChemSpider	21477354
ECHA InfoCard	100.037.241
PubChem CID	85645
UNII	M080M03ILM
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID8066133
InChI InChI=1S/F7I/c1-8(2,3,4,5,6)7Key: XRURPHMPXJDCOO-UHFFFAOYSA-N InChI=1/F7I/c1-8(2,3,4,5,6)7Key: XRURPHMPXJDCOO-UHFFFAOYAO
SMILES FI(F)(F)(F)(F)(F)F
Properties
Chemical formula	IF7
Molar mass	259.90 g/mol
Appearance	colorless gas
Density	2.6 g/cm (6 °C) 2.7 g/cm (25 °C)
Melting point	4.5 °C (40.1 °F; 277.6 K) (triple point)
Boiling point	4.8 °C (40.6 °F; 277.9 K) (sublimes at 1 atm)
Solubility in water	soluble
Related compounds
Related compounds	iodine pentafluoride
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C , 100 kPa). N verify (what is  ?) Infobox references

Iodine heptafluoride is an interhalogen compound with the chemical formula IF₇. It has an unusual pentagonal bipyramidal structure, with D_5h symmetry, as predicted by VSEPR theory. The molecule can undergo a pseudorotational rearrangement called the Bartell mechanism, which is like the Berry mechanism but for a heptacoordinated system.

Below 4.5 °C, IF₇ forms a snow-white powder of colorless crystals, melting at 5-6 °C. However, this melting is difficult to observe, as the liquid form is thermodynamically unstable at 760 mmHg: instead, the compound begins to sublime at 4.77 °C. The dense vapor has a mouldy, acrid odour.

Preparation

IF₇ is prepared by passing F₂ through liquid IF₅ at 90 °C, then heating the vapours to 270 °C. Alternatively, this compound can be prepared from fluorine and dried palladium or potassium iodide to minimize the formation of IOF₅, an impurity arising by hydrolysis. Iodine heptafluoride is also produced as a by-product when dioxygenyl hexafluoroplatinate is used to prepare other platinum(V) compounds such as potassium hexafluoroplatinate(V), using potassium fluoride in iodine pentafluoride solution:

2 O₂PtF₆ + 2 KF + IF₅ → 2 KPtF₆ + 2 O₂ + IF₇

Reactions

Iodine heptafluoride decomposes at 200 °C to fluorine gas and iodine pentafluoride.

Safety considerations

IF₇ is highly irritating to both the skin and the mucous membranes. It also is a strong oxidizer and can cause fire on contact with organic material.

References

1. Pradyot Patnaik. Handbook of Inorganic Chemicals. McGraw-Hill, 2002, ISBN 0-07-049439-8
2. Macintyre, J. E. (Ed.). (1992). Dictionary of Inorganic Compounds (Vol. 3). London: Chapman & Hall.
3. O'Neil, Maryadele J. (Ed.). (2001). The Merck Index (13th ed.). Whitehouse Station, NJ: Merck.
4. K. O. Christe; E. C. Curtis; D. A. Dixon (1993). "On the problem of heptacoordination: vibrational spectra, structure, and fluxionality of iodine heptafluoride". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 115 (4): 1520–1526. doi:10.1021/ja00057a044.
5. W. J. Adams; H. Bradford Thompson; L. S. Bartell (1970). "Structure, Pseudorotation, and Vibrational Mode Coupling in IF₇: An Electron Diffraction Study" (PDF). Journal of Chemical Physics. 53 (10): 4040–4046. Bibcode:1970JChPh..53.4040A. doi:10.1063/1.1673876. hdl:2027.42/71219.
6. Lide, David R. (2011). The CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 89th ed. p. 4-67.
7. Ruff & Keim 1930, pp. 180–182: "Das reine Jod-7-fluorid ist bei Zimmer­temperatur ein farbloses Gas, das an der Luft infolge seiner Umsetzung mit dem Wasser­dampf Nebel bildet und muffig sauer riecht. Beim Abkühlen wird es je nach den Versuchs­bedingungen als leicht bewegliche, farblose Flüssigkeit als schneeweißes lockeres Pulver oder in Form farbloser Kristalle erhalten....Die Schmelz­temperatur wurde durch Eintauchen von Proben, die in Quarzröhrchen eingeschmolzen waren, in Bäder passender Temperatur ermittelt und zu 5 bis 6° C gefunden. Messung der Dampfdrucke...gelangt man zu der Gleichung $${\displaystyle \log p=8,6604-{\frac {1602,6}{T}}}$$....Für den Druck von 760 mm errechnet sich eine Temperatur von 4,5° C. measurement of the vapor pressure...one arrives at the equation $${\displaystyle \log p=8.6604-{\frac {1602.6}{T}}}$$....At a pressure of 760 mm it computes a temperature of 4.5 °C.]"
8. Schumb, W. C.; Lynch, M. A. (1950). "Iodine Heptafluoride". Industrial & Engineering Chemistry. 42 (7): 1383–1386. doi:10.1021/ie50487a035.
9. Ruff & Keim 1930.
10. Beveridge, A. D.; Clark, H. C. (1967). "Pentahalides of the Transition Metals". In Gutmann, Viktor (ed.). Halogen Chemistry. Vol. 3. Academic Press. pp. 179–226. ISBN 9780323148474.
11. Кнунянц, И. Л. (1990). Химическая энциклопедия : в пяти томах (in Russian). Советская Энциклопедия. p. 496. ISBN 5-85270-008-8. OCLC 19556260.

Common sources

• Ruff, Otto; Keim, Rudolf (1930-10-21). "Das Jod-7-fluorid" [Iodine Heptafluoride]. Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie (in German). 193 (1/2): 176–186. doi:10.1002/zaac.19301930117. ISSN 0863-1786.

External links

• WebBook page for IF7
• National Pollutant Inventory - Fluoride and compounds fact sheet
• web elements listing

• Fluorides
• Iodine compounds
• Interhalogen compounds
• Oxidizing agents
• Hypervalent molecules