Iodine heptafluoride
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Iodine heptafluoride is an interhalogen compound with the chemical formula IF7.[2][3] It has an unusual pentagonal bipyramidal structure, with D5h symmetry, as predicted by VSEPR theory.[4] The molecule can undergo a pseudorotational rearrangement called the Bartell mechanism, which is like the Berry mechanism but for a heptacoordinated system.[5]
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Iodine(VII) fluoride Heptafluoroiodine | |||
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ECHA InfoCard | 100.037.241 | ||
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IF7 | |||
Molar mass | 259.90 g/mol | ||
Appearance | colorless gas | ||
Density | 2.6 g/cm3 (6 °C) 2.7 g/cm3 (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) | ||
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iodine pentafluoride | ||
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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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.[6][7]