Cyanogen fluoride

<p>Cyanogen fluoride (IUPAC name: carbononitridic fluoride) is an inorganic compound with the <a href="/facts/Chemical_formula/hghUtthl">chemical formula</a> <a href="/facts/Fluorine/YUV0Fb8m">F</a><a href="/facts/Carbon/ukrgQexo">C</a><a href="/facts/Nitrogen/Nf1QpGDz">N</a>. The molecule of this compound is <a href="/facts/Linear_molecular_geometry/vUv6YEjE">linear</a>, having the <a href="/facts/Structural_formula/XRTmvINB">structural formula</a> F−C≡N. It consists of a <a href="/facts/Fluorine/YUV0Fb8m">fluorine</a> atom in a single bond with a <a href="/facts/Carbon/ukrgQexo">carbon</a> atom of a <a href="/facts/Cyano_group/t0o8FMKI">cyano group</a>. It is a <a href="/facts/Toxicity/qa96rs60">toxic</a> and explosive gas at room temperature. It is used in <a href="/facts/Organic_synthesis/aprl6Iq7">organic synthesis</a> and can be produced by <a href="/facts/Pyrolysis/h1cEegI7">pyrolysis</a> of <a href="/facts/Cyanuric_fluoride/AqYhuDsd">cyanuric fluoride</a> or by fluorination of <a href="/facts/Cyanogen/nsKahJy2">cyanogen</a>.
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Cyanogen fluoride