Titanium(III) fluoride

Titanium(III) fluoride is the inorganic compound with the formula TiF3. A violet, paramagnetic solid, it is one of two titanium fluorides, the other being titanium tetrafluoride. It adopts a defect perovskite-like structure such that each Ti center has octahedral coordination geometry, and each fluoride ligand is doubly bridging.

Titanium(III) fluoride
Names
IUPAC name
Titanium(III) fluoride
Other names
Titanium trifluoride
Titanous fluoride
Trifluorotitanium
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.033.379
EC Number
  • 236-732-4
  • InChI=1S/3FH.Ti/h3*1H;/q;;;+3/p-3 Y
    Key: NLPMQGKZYAYAFE-UHFFFAOYSA-K Y
  • InChI=1/3FH.Ti/h3*1H;/q;;;+3/p-3
    Key: NLPMQGKZYAYAFE-DFZHHIFOAU
  • F[Ti](F)F
Properties
TiF3
Molar mass 104.862 g/mol
Appearance violet to purple-red powder
Density 2.98 g/cm3
Melting point 1,200 °C (2,190 °F; 1,470 K)
Boiling point 1,400 °C (2,550 °F; 1,670 K)
soluble
+1300·10−6 cm3/mol
Structure
Rhombohedral, hR24
R-3c, No. 167
Hazards
Occupational safety and health (OHS/OSH):
Main hazards
Corrosive
GHS labelling:
Danger
H314
P280, P305+P351+P338, P310
Related compounds
Other anions
Titanium(III) bromide
Titanium(III) chloride
Titanium(III) iodide
Related compounds
Titanium(IV) fluoride
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Infobox references

Titanium(III) fluoride can be prepared by dissolution of titanium metal in hydrogen fluoride. In air, it slowly oxidizes to titanium(IV).

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