Etude structurale du fluorure de chloryle en phase solide
Chloryl fluoride, ClO2F was studied in its solid phase by X-ray and neutron diffraction techniques and by vibrational spectroscopy.The powder diffraction patterns of ClO2F were indexed by comparison with ClF3. At 77 K, the parameters of the monoclinic cell of ClO2F are as follows: a = 8.85 ± 0.02 Å, b = 6.17 ± 0.02 Å, c = 4.62 ± 0.01 Ǻ, β = 95.0 ± 0.1°, Z = 4. This cell, which can be thought as arising from a slight monoclinic deformation of the orthorhombic cell of ClF3, is consistent with the density measurements also performed on ClO2F and ClF3.The space group [Formula: see text] was found to be the best compatible with both the vibrational data and the lines observed in the powder diffraction patterns for ClO2F in the polycrystalline state.