Talk:Sulfur trifluoride

SF3 not stable[edit]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]