Halides of nitrogen

When compared with other halides of nitrogen, nitrogen trifluoride and dinitrogen tetrafluoride are comparatively stable and easy to handle. For this reason... 

The molecular structures of S2Or,F2 and S308F2 in the vapor phase have been determined by electron diffraction (177). However, there has been little chemistry reported for any of these compounds, the exception being the formation of a range of fluorosulfates by reaction of S2O5F2 with the oxides and oxide halides of nitrogen in anhydrous CHgCN (178). 

Unlike the hydrides and halides of nitrogen, the oxides are planar. Nitrogen displays all its positive oxidation states in these compounds, and in N2O and N2O3, the two N atoms have different states. Of special interest are NO and NO2. 

Halides of nitrogen and sulfur also form insertion products with ketenes. For example, nitrosyl chloride reacts with ketene to give the insertion product 344 . 

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