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Carbonyl fluoride
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<p>Carbonyl fluoride is a <a href="/facts/Chemical_compound/37FXqqtv">chemical compound</a> with the <a href="/facts/Chemical_formula/hghUtthl">formula</a> <a href="/facts/Carbon/ukrgQexo">C</a><a href="/facts/Oxygen/acyn6o8r">O</a><a href="/facts/Fluorine/YUV0Fb8m">F</a>2. It is a <a href="/facts/Carbon_oxohalide/NQ7KQslU">carbon oxohalide</a>. This gas, like its analog <a href="/facts/Phosgene/Adeazsck">phosgene</a>, is colourless and highly toxic. The molecule is <a href="/facts/Trigonal_planar_molecular_geometry/935Tdp3Y">planar</a> with <i>C</i>2v <a href="/facts/Symmetry_group/CNqeseMp">symmetry</a>, <a href="/facts/Bond_length/rHHIBH6q">bond lengths</a> of 1.174 Å (C=O) and 1.312 Å (C–F), and an F–C–F <a href="/facts/Bond_angle/7USG5zDn">bond angle</a> of 108.0°. </p>