Difluoride

Difluorides are chemical compounds with two fluorine atoms per molecule (or per formula unit).

Metal difluorides are all ionic. Despite being highly ionic, the alkaline earth metal difluorides generally have extremely high lattice stability and are thus insoluble in water. The exception is beryllium difluoride. In addition, many transition metal difluorides are water-soluble.

Calcium difluoride is a notable compound. In the form of the mineral fluorite it is the major source of commercial fluorine. It also has an eponymic crystal structure, which is an end member of the spectrum starting from bixbyite and progressing through pyrochlore.

List of the difluorides
Examples of the difluorides include:

Alkaline earth metal difluorides
The alkaline earth metals all exhibit the oxidation state +2, and form difluorides. The difluoride of radium is however not well established due to the element's high radioactivity.
 * Beryllium difluoride
 * Magnesium fluoride
 * Calcium fluoride
 * Strontium difluoride
 * Barium fluoride
 * Radium fluoride


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! Metal
 * + Solubility-related constants of alkaline earth metal fluorides

! M2+ HE ! F− HE ! "MF2" unit HE ! MF2 lattice energies (−kJ/mol) ! Solubility (mol/L)
 * Be
 * 2,455
 * 458
 * 3,371
 * 3,526
 * 25
 * Mg
 * 1,922
 * 458
 * 2,838
 * 2,978
 * 0.0012
 * Ca
 * 1,577
 * 458
 * 2,493
 * 2,651
 * 0.0002
 * Sr
 * 1,415
 * 458
 * 2,331
 * 2,513
 * 0.0008
 * Ba
 * 1,361
 * 458
 * 2,277
 * 2,373
 * 0.006
 * }
 * 458
 * 2,277
 * 2,373
 * 0.006
 * }

Lanthanide difluorides

 * Neodymium difluoride
 * Samarium difluoride
 * Europium difluoride
 * Dysprosium difluoride
 * Thulium difluoride
 * Ytterbium difluoride

Transition metal difluorides
Compounds of the form MF2:
 * Cadmium difluoride
 * Chromium(II) fluoride
 * Cobalt difluoride
 * Copper(II) fluoride
 * Iron(II) fluoride
 * Manganese(II) fluoride
 * Mercury difluoride
 * Nickel difluoride
 * Palladium difluoride
 * Platinum difluoride
 * Silver difluoride
 * Vanadium difluoride
 * Zinc difluoride

Post-transition metal difluorides

 * Lead difluoride
 * Tin(II) fluoride

Nonmetal and metalloid difluorides

 * Dinitrogen difluoride
 * Oxygen difluoride
 * Dioxygen difluoride
 * Selenoyl difluoride
 * Sulfur difluoride
 * Disulfur difluoride
 * Thionyl difluoride
 * Germanium difluoride

Noble gas difluorides

 * Helium difluoride (hypothetical)
 * Argon difluoride (predicted)
 * Krypton difluoride
 * Xenon difluoride
 * Radon difluoride

Bifluorides
The bifluorides contain the two fluorine atoms in a covalently bound HF2− polyatomic ion rather than as F− anions.
 * Ammonium bifluoride
 * Potassium bifluoride
 * Sodium bifluoride

Organic difluorides

 * Ethanedioyl difluoride
 * Ethylidene difluoride
 * Carbonyl difluoride
 * Carbon dibromide difluoride (dibromodifluoromethane)
 * Carbon dichloride difluoride (dichlorodifluormethane)
 * Methyl difluoride
 * Methylphosphonyl difluoride
 * Polyvinylidene difluoride