Sulfur trifluoride

Sulfur trifluoride is the inorganic chemical compound with the formula SF₃. It is a radical.^[1][2]

Sulfur trifluoride

Names
Other names sulfur(III) fluoride trifluorosulfur radical
Identifiers
CAS Number	30937-38-3 Y
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID101314667
InChI InChI=1S/F3S/c1-4(2)3 Key: PSCXEUSWZWRCMQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES F[S](F)F
Properties
Chemical formula	F3S
Molar mass	89.06 g·mol−1
Related compounds
Related compounds	SF2, SF4, SF6, S2F10
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). Y verify (what is YN ?) Infobox references

Structure and synthesis

Sulfur trifluoride is predicted to be pyramidal.^[3][4]

SF₃ is generated by irradiation of crystals SF⁺
₃BF⁻
₄ with gamma rays.^[1]

SF− 3

A derivative formally derived from SF⁻
₃ is the coordination complex Ir(Cl)(CO)(F)(SF₃)(Et₃P)₂ obtained by oxidative addition of sulfur tetrafluoride to Ir(Cl)(CO)(PEt₃)₂ (Et = C₂H₅).^[5][6]

References

1. Morton, J. R.; Preston, K. F.; Strach, S. J. (1978). "The EPR spectrum of SF₃ Trapped in SF₃BF₄ Crystals". The Journal of Chemical Physics. 69 (4): 1392. Bibcode:1978JChPh..69.1392M. doi:10.1063/1.436766.
2. Deng, Jianming; Wang, Chaoyang; Li, Qian-shu; Xie, Yaoming; King, R. Bruce; Schaefer, Henry F. (2011). "Trifluorosulfane Ligand as an Analogue of the Nitrosyl Ligand: Highly Exothermic Fluorine Transfer Reactions from Sulfur to Metal in the Chemistry of SF₃ Metal Carbonyls of the First Row Transition Metals". Inorganic Chemistry. 50 (7): 2824–2835. doi:10.1021/ic101994k. PMID 21366337.
3. Irikura, Karl K. (1995). "Structure and thermochemistry of sulfur fluorides SF_n (n = 1–5) and their ions SF⁺
   _n (n = 1–5)". The Journal of Chemical Physics. 102 (13): 5357–5367. Bibcode:1995JChPh.102.5357I. doi:10.1063/1.469263.
4. Woon, David E.; Dunning, Thom H. (2009). "Theory of Hypervalency: Recoupled Pair Bonding in SF_n (n = 1−6)". The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 113 (27): 7915–7926. Bibcode:2009JPCA..113.7915W. doi:10.1021/jp901949b. PMID 19499905.
5. Cockman, Russell W.; Ebsworth, E. A. V.; Holloway, John H. (1987). "Complexes of iridium(III) containing the novel sulfur trifluoride ligand". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 109 (7): 2194–2195. doi:10.1021/ja00241a055.
6. Gao, Xiaozhen; Li, Nan; King, R. Bruce (December 2014). "Formation of Difluorosulfane Complexes of the Third Row Transition Metals by Sulfur-to-Metal Fluorine Migration in Trifluorosulfane Metal Complexes: The Anomaly of Trifluorosulfane Iridium Tricarbonyl". Inorganic Chemistry. 53 (23): 12635–12642. doi:10.1021/ic502375q. PMID 25397720.