Talk:Sulfur trifluoride

SF3 not stable
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ic101994k ''Inorg. Chem.'' (2011) 50, 2824–2835]: "the neutral SF3 radical is not a stable species".

Why has this article been written? And by whom? It seems to be mostly wrong: "sulfur trifluoride is a colorless solid" - says who?!

Ben (talk) 22:45, 30 April 2011 (UTC)


 * I'll collect useful references here.


 * J. Phys. Chem. (1992) 96, 79–84 "Matrix reactions of sulfur atoms and fluorine. Infrared spectra of sulfur monofluoride, sulfur difluoride and sulfur trifluoride in solid argon"


 * J. Chem. Phys. (1978) 69, 1392–1396 "The EPR spectrum of SF3 trapped in SF3BF4 crystals"


 * Inorg. Chem. (1972) 11, 2325–2329 "Structural studies of trifluorosulfur(IV)yl, [SF3]+, salts including the crystal structure of [SF3]+[BF4]−"


 * Ben (talk) 17:34, 1 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Sorry, didn't see you were already working on this highly problematic article Ben. I took a pass at removing some of the more serious problems with the content itself, setting aside the actual physical/chemical data. Before we continue, is this thing likely to pass notability standards to even merit an article? DMacks (talk) 18:09, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

I doubt it's notable enough. Might merit a mention in Sulfur tetrafluoride or Sulfur hexafluoride. I'm not really working on this article. I received a request for an image from the main author, so I took a look at the article. --Ben (talk) 20:51, 1 May 2011 (UTC)