Fluorine fluorosulfate


Fluorine fluorosulfate is an inorganic compound of fluorine, oxygen, and sulfur with the chemical formula.

Synthesis

The compound can be prepared by the reaction of sulfur trioxide and fluorine at a temperature of 200 °C:
Also, a reaction of peroxydisulfuryl difluoride with fluorine.

Physical characteristics

The compound is a strong oxidizing agent that is also potentially explosive.
At 200 °C the compound decomposes without explosion.

Chemical properties

The compound reacts with bases to form the fluorosulfonate anion, the fluoride ion, water, and oxygen:
It reacts with potassium iodide to form potassium fluorosulfonate, potassium fluoride, and iodine:
Fluorine fluorosulfate reacts with,,, and and also with,, and. All compounds react exothermically, and sometimes explosively, between 80–298 K.