trifluoride
Noun
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trifluoride (plural trifluorides)
(chemistry) any chloride containing three fluorine atoms in each molecule
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An alternative preparation procedure is to exposure einsteinium(III) oxide to chlorine trifluoride (ClF 3 ) or F 2 gas at a pressure of 1–2 atmospheres and a temperature between 300 and 400 °C.
Chemical compounds Boron (III) trifluoride structure, showing "empty" boron p orbital in pi-type coordinate covalent bonds In the most familiar compounds, boron has the formal oxidation state III.
Greenwood and Earnshaw, p. 1084 Of the known trihalides, trifluoride is dark brown and decomposes above 650 °C, tetrabromide is dark-brown and decomposes above 400 °C, and triiodide is black.
For instance, carbon monoxide acts as a Lewis base when it forms an adduct with boron trifluoride, of formula F 3 B←CO Adducts involving metal ions are referred to as co-ordination compounds; each ligand donates a pair of electrons to the metal ion.
Coordinate covalent bond (Dipolar bond) Adduct of ammonia and boron trifluoride A coordinate covalent bond is a covalent bond in which the two shared bonding electrons are from the same one of the atoms involved in the bond.
Boron trifluoride is used in the petrochemical industry as a catalyst.