Nitrogen fluorine compounds

Nitrogen-fluorine compounds are potentially explosive in contact with acetonitrile. See Tetrafluorourea Acetonitrile... 

ESTIMATED BOND DISSOCIATION ENTHALPIES OF NITROGEN-FLUORINE COMPOUNDS... 

Nitrogen Triftuoride, NFg, mw 71.01 colorless gas or mobile liquid sp gr 1.537, fr p —206.6°, bp —128.8°. It is one of the Nitrogen Fluorine Compounds. Others are Dinitrogen Tetra-fluoride, Dinitrogen Difluoride and Difluor-amine. They are powerful oxidizers suitable for both liquid and solid rocket proplnrs. Also used for high energy fuels Refs 1) Gmelin-Kraut Syst Number 5(1959), 238 2) CondChemDict (1961), 805-L (1971),... 

Fluorine is the most energetic oxidizing element and as such is of prime importance in advanced oxidizers. The fluorine-based oxidizers discussed here include elemental fluorine, compounds containing oxygen and fluorine, nitrogen-fluorine compounds, halogen fluorides, and noble gas fluorides. 

Warning. Many of the nitrogen-fluorine compounds discussed in this section are very hazardous materials. Their syntheses should not be undertaken without adequate shielding equipment and a prior knowledge of techniques for the handling of explosive substances. Compounds of this type are labeled extra-hazardous or hazardous, depending upon properties of the material. 

Sulfur-Nitrogen-Fluorine Compounds O. Glemser and R. Mews AUTHOH INDEX—SUBJECT INDEX... 

Craig (2) has recently reported the results of studying the reactions of several nitrogen-fluorine compounds with Lewis acids. As expected he found that all the compounds he studied were extremely weak bases, difluoramine and its methyl derivative being among the strongest. Here we report some of our data on the reactions of the latter compounds with other strong acids. 

EXPLOSION and FIRE CONCERNS dangerous fire hazard NFPA rating Health 2, Flammability 3, Reactivity 0 explosive reaction with lanthanide perchlorates and nitrogen-fluorine compounds reacts with water, steam, and acids to produce toxic and flammable vapors incompatible with chlorosulfonic acid, nitric acid, sulfur trioxide use foam, carbon dioxide, or dry chemical for firefighting purposes. 

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