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Molybdenum difluoride dioxide

Molybdenum difluoride dioxide is a chemistry topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Molybdenum difluoride dioxide rather than just read about it. In short: Molybdenum difluoride dioxide is the inorganic compound with the formula MoF2O2. It is a white, diamagnetic, volatile solid.

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Reference excerpt

Molybdenum difluoride dioxide is the inorganic compound with the formula MoF2O2. It is a white, diamagnetic, volatile solid.

Structure

Gaseous molybdenum difluoride dioxide is a tetrahedral molecule. According to X-ray crystallography, the solid is a coordination polymer consisting of trigonal primatic chains of made by linking Mo3F6O6 monomers. The fluoride and oxide positions are disordered. A similar motif is adopted by titanium tetrafluoride.

Synthesis and reactions The compound can be obtained by thermal decomposition of the sodium tetrafluorodioxomolybdate(VI) Na2[MoO2F4], which in turn is obtained from sodium molybdate:

Na2MoO4 + 4 HF → Na2[MoO2F4] + 2 H2O Heating sodium tetrafluorodioxomolybdate(VI) to 400 °C gives monomeric molybdenum difluoride dioxide, which polymerizes upon condensation:

Na2[MoO2F4] → 2 NaF + MoO2F2 The compound also arises by hydrolysis of molybdenum oxytetrafluoride:

MoOF4 + H2O → 2 HF + MoO2F2 The compound dissolves in dimethylformamide to give a adduct molybdenum difluoride dioxide bis(dimethylformamide):

MoO2F2 + 2 HC(=O)−N(CH3)2 → MoO2F2(HC(=O)−N(CH3)2)2

Further reading Edwards, A. J.; Steventon, B. R. (1968). "Fluoride crystal structures. Part II. Molybdenum oxide tetrafluoride". Journal of the Chemical Society A: Inorganic, Physical, Theoretical: 2503. doi:10.1039/j19680002503. Turnbull, Douglas; Chaudhary, Praveen; Leenstra, Dakota; Hazendonk, Paul; Wetmore, Stacey D.; Gerken, Michael (2020). "Reactions of Molybdenum and Tungsten Oxide Tetrafluoride with Sulfur(IV) Lewis Bases: Structure and Bonding in [WOF4]4, MOF4(OSO), and [SF3][M2O2F9] (M = Mo, W)". Inorganic Chemistry. 59 (23): 17544–17554. doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c02783. PMID 33200611. S2CID 226989898.

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

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Applications of Molybdenum difluoride dioxide

In research: Molybdenum difluoride dioxide appears in chemistry research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Molybdenum difluoride dioxide in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Molybdenum difluoride dioxide is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Metal halides, Molybdenum(VI) compounds, Oxyfluorides, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Molybdenum difluoride dioxide outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Molybdenum difluoride dioxide is the inorganic compound with the formula MoF2O2. It is a white, diamagnetic, volatile solid.

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