Fluorination reactions of UF6

✍ Scribed by Larned B. Asprey; P. Gary Eller

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1980
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 36 KB
• Volume: 16
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0022-1139
• DOI: 10.1016/s0022-1139(00)84099-3

✦ Synopsis

Uranium hexafluoride is known to be an oxidative fluorjnating agent, frequently breaking C-C bonds and oxidizing many elements to a higher oxidation state. This work will compare the behavior of UF6 to that of two other fluorinating agents, !JFs and SF,,, which are for the most part non-oxidative. The reactions of UFS with a number of quite simple organic compounds have been studied; alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, acids, acid halides, ethers, olefins, and alkanes are included. The reactions of WF6 and SF4 with these compounds were investigated also when no data existed in the literature. The primary tool was "F NMR, assisted by 'H NMR, infrared, powder diffraction, thermogravimetry and elemental analysis when needed. The differences in behavior of the three agents with respect to the same compounds will be emphasized. * This work performed under the auspices of the U. S. Department of Energy.