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Copper(II) fluoride
Copper(II) fluoride or cupric fluoride is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula CuF2. The anhydrous form is a white, ionic, crystalline, hygroscopic salt with a distorted rutile-type crystal structure, similar to other fluorides of chemical formulae MF2 (where M is a metal). The dihydrate, CuF2·2H2O, is blue in colour.
Copper(II) fluoride is slightly soluble in water, but starts to decompose in hot water, producing basic F− and Cu(OH)+ ions.[citation needed]
Copper(II) fluoride has a monoclinic crystal structure and cannot achieve a higher-symmetry structure. It forms rectangular prisms with a parallelogram base. Each copper ion has four neighbouring fluoride ions at 1.93 Å separation and two further away at 2.27 Å. This distorted octahedral [4+2] coordination is a consequence of the Jahn–Teller effect in d9 copper(II), and leads to a distorted rutile structure similar to that of chromium(II) fluoride, CrF2, which is a d4 compound.
Copper(II) fluoride can be synthesized from copper and fluorine at elevated temperatures. At 500 °C (932 °F) a 53% conversion is achieved.
Cupric fluoride catalyzes the decomposition of nitric oxides in emission control systems.
Copper(II) fluoride can be used to make fluorinated aromatic hydrocarbons by reacting with aromatic hydrocarbons in an oxygen-containing atmosphere at temperatures above 450 °C (842 °F). This reaction is simpler than the Sandmeyer reaction, but is only effective in making compounds that can survive at the temperature used. A coupled reaction using oxygen and 2 HF regenerates the copper(II) fluoride, producing water. This method has been proposed as a "greener" method of producing fluoroaromatics since it avoids producing toxic waste products such as ammonium fluoride.
It loses fluorine in the molten stage at temperatures above 950 °C (1742 °F).[citation needed]
The complex anions CuF3−, CuF42− and CuF64− are formed if CuF2 is exposed to substances containing fluoride ions F−.[citation needed]
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Copper(II) fluoride
Copper(II) fluoride or cupric fluoride is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula CuF2. The anhydrous form is a white, ionic, crystalline, hygroscopic salt with a distorted rutile-type crystal structure, similar to other fluorides of chemical formulae MF2 (where M is a metal). The dihydrate, CuF2·2H2O, is blue in colour.
Copper(II) fluoride is slightly soluble in water, but starts to decompose in hot water, producing basic F− and Cu(OH)+ ions.[citation needed]
Copper(II) fluoride has a monoclinic crystal structure and cannot achieve a higher-symmetry structure. It forms rectangular prisms with a parallelogram base. Each copper ion has four neighbouring fluoride ions at 1.93 Å separation and two further away at 2.27 Å. This distorted octahedral [4+2] coordination is a consequence of the Jahn–Teller effect in d9 copper(II), and leads to a distorted rutile structure similar to that of chromium(II) fluoride, CrF2, which is a d4 compound.
Copper(II) fluoride can be synthesized from copper and fluorine at elevated temperatures. At 500 °C (932 °F) a 53% conversion is achieved.
Cupric fluoride catalyzes the decomposition of nitric oxides in emission control systems.
Copper(II) fluoride can be used to make fluorinated aromatic hydrocarbons by reacting with aromatic hydrocarbons in an oxygen-containing atmosphere at temperatures above 450 °C (842 °F). This reaction is simpler than the Sandmeyer reaction, but is only effective in making compounds that can survive at the temperature used. A coupled reaction using oxygen and 2 HF regenerates the copper(II) fluoride, producing water. This method has been proposed as a "greener" method of producing fluoroaromatics since it avoids producing toxic waste products such as ammonium fluoride.
It loses fluorine in the molten stage at temperatures above 950 °C (1742 °F).[citation needed]
The complex anions CuF3−, CuF42− and CuF64− are formed if CuF2 is exposed to substances containing fluoride ions F−.[citation needed]