Sulfur pentafluoride

Formula: F₅S
Molecular weight: 127.057
IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/F5S/c1-6(2,3,4)5
IUPAC Standard InChIKey: HAQZDUWRNKKMQY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
CAS Registry Number: 10546-01-7
Chemical structure:
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Med.	λ_min (nm)	λ_max (nm)	References


Ne	200	235	Kronberg, von Ahsen, et al., 2005

State: X

Vib. sym.	No.	Approximate type of mode	cm^-1		Med.	Method	References


a₁	1	Eq. s-stretch	891.7	w m	Ne	IR	Kronberg, von Ahsen, et al., 2005
	1	Eq. s-stretch	887		Ar	IR	Hassanzadeh and Andrews, 1992 Kronberg, von Ahsen, et al., 2005
	2		633.0	w	Ne	IR	Kronberg, von Ahsen, et al., 2005
	2		631		Ar	IR	Kronberg, von Ahsen, et al., 2005
	3	SF stretch	553.8		Ne	IR	Lugez, Jacox, et al., 1998 Kronberg, von Ahsen, et al., 2005
	3	SF stretch	552	m	Ar	IR	Smardzewski and Fox, 1976 Smardzewski and Fox, 1977 Kronberg, von Ahsen, et al., 2005
e	7	SF a-stretch	817.8	vs	Ne	IR	Lugez, Jacox, et al., 1998 Kronberg, von Ahsen, et al., 2005
	7	SF a-stretch	813.1	vs	Ar	IR	Smardzewski and Fox, 1976 Smardzewski and Fox, 1977 Hassanzadeh and Andrews, 1992
	8		524.7	w	Ne	IR	Kronberg, von Ahsen, et al., 2005
	8		524		Ar	IR	Kronberg, von Ahsen, et al., 2005
	9		387.2	w	Ne	IR	Kronberg, von Ahsen, et al., 2005
	9		384		Ar	IR	Kronberg, von Ahsen, et al., 2005

Additional references: Jacox, 1994, page 358; Jacox, 2003, page 333; Fessenden and Schuler, 1966; Morton and Preston, 1973

Notes

Weak

Medium

Very strong

References

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Kronberg, von Ahsen, et al., 2005
Kronberg, M.; von Ahsen, S.; Willner, H.; Francisco, J.S., The SF5Ox Radicals,x=0-3, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2005, 44, 2, 253, https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200461235 . [all data]

Hassanzadeh and Andrews, 1992
Hassanzadeh, P.; Andrews, L., Matrix reactions of sulfur atoms and fluorine. Infrared spectra of sulfur monofluoride, sulfur difluoride and sulfur trifluoride in solid argon, J. Phys. Chem., 1992, 96, 1, 79, https://doi.org/10.1021/j100180a018 . [all data]

Lugez, Jacox, et al., 1998
Lugez, C.L.; Jacox, M.E.; King, R.A.; Schaefer, H.F., III, Experimental and ab initio study of the infrared spectra of ionic species derived from SF[sub 6] and SF[sub 4] and trapped in solid neon, J. Chem. Phys., 1998, 108, 23, 9639, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.476440 . [all data]

Smardzewski and Fox, 1976
Smardzewski, R.R.; Fox, W.B., Isolation and infrared spectral identification of the pentafluorosulfanyl radical, J. Fluorine Chem., 1976, 7, 4, 456, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-1139(00)82111-9 . [all data]

Smardzewski and Fox, 1977
Smardzewski, R.R.; Fox, W.B., Vacuum ultraviolet photolysis of sulfur hexafluoride and its derivatives in argon matrices. The infrared spectrum of the SF5 radical, J. Chem. Phys., 1977, 67, 5, 2309, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.435066 . [all data]

Jacox, 1994
Jacox, M.E., Vibrational and electronic energy levels of polyatomic transient molecules, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 1994, 464. [all data]

Jacox, 2003
Jacox, M.E., Vibrational and electronic energy levels of polyatomic transient molecules: supplement B, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 2003, 32, 1, 1-441, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1497629 . [all data]

Fessenden and Schuler, 1966
Fessenden, R.W.; Schuler, R.H., Isotropic ESR Spectra of Fluorine-Containing Radicals in SF6 Matrices, J. Chem. Phys., 1966, 45, 5, 1845, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1727845 . [all data]

Morton and Preston, 1973
Morton, J.R.; Preston, K.F., An EPR study of the addition of oxy-radicals to sulphur tetraflouride, Chem. Phys. Lett., 1973, 18, 1, 98, https://doi.org/10.1016/0009-2614(73)80349-5 . [all data]

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