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Fluoronium

Fluoronium
Skeletal formula of fluoronium with assorted dimensionsDiercksen, G. H. F.; von Niessen, W.; Kraemer, W. P. (September 1973), "SCF LCGO MO studies on the fluoronium ion FH2+ and its hydrogen bonding interaction with hydrogen fluoride FH", Theoretical Chemistry Accounts: Theory, Computation, and Modeling (Theoretica Chimica Acta), 31 (3): 205–214, doi:10.1007/BF00526510 
Ball-and-stick model of fluoronium
Spacefill model of fluoronium
Names
IUPAC name
Fluoronium
Systematic IUPAC name
Fluoranium
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChEBI
ChemSpider
Properties
H2F+
Molar mass 21.01428 g mol−1
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Infobox references

Fluoronium (systematically named fluoranium, and μ-fluorido-dihydrogen(1+)) is an inorganic cation with the chemical formula H
2
F+
(also written [H
2
F]+
). It contributes no colour to fluoronium salts. It is a very strong acid, and dilute fluoronium solutions are corrosive and can attack the skin. It can be formed by protonation or self-ionic dissociation of hydrogen fluoride:

or

The fluoronium ion is isoelectronic with water and the amide ion.

Whereas stable organic structures containing other halonium ions have been known since 1970, a fluoronium analog was not known until 2013 and even then only as an unstable short-lived entity.

The kinetic instability of the fluoronium ion is responsible for the extreme acidity of fluoroantimonic acid. The antimony pentafluoride molecule sequesters the fluoride ion produced by the homoassociation of hydrogen fluoride, leaving the fluoronium ion unable to revert to the more stable neutral hydrogen fluoride.


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