Skip to Content
Merck
CN

205567

Zinc fluoride

powder, 99%

Synonym(s):

Zinc difluoride

Sign In to View Organizational & Contract Pricing.

Select a Size


About This Item

Linear Formula:
ZnF2
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
103.39
UNSPSC Code:
12352300
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
232-001-9
MDL number:
Assay:
99%
Form:
powder
Technical Service
Need help? Our team of experienced scientists is here for you.
Let Us Assist
Technical Service
Need help? Our team of experienced scientists is here for you.
Let Us Assist

InChI key

BHHYHSUAOQUXJK-UHFFFAOYSA-L

InChI

1S/2FH.Zn/h2*1H;/q;;+2/p-2

SMILES string

F[Zn]F

vapor pressure

1 mmHg ( 970 °C)

assay

99%

form

powder

reaction suitability

reagent type: catalyst
core: zinc

mp

872 °C (lit.)

density

4.95 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

General description

Zinc fluoride is a Lewis acid catalyst that can be used in a variety of reactions including esterification, Mukaiyama aldol reaction, Mannich reaction, Friedel-Crafts alkylation, and allylation. It can also be used as an additive in numerous catalytic transformations.

Application

Zinc fluoride can be used as a catalyst to synthesize optically active β-amino ketones and esters via asymmetric Mannich reaction.

pictograms

Exclamation markEnvironment

signalword

Warning

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Aquatic Chronic 2 - Skin Irrit. 2

Storage Class

13 - Non Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

Regulatory Information

危险化学品
This item has

Choose from one of the most recent versions:

Certificates of Analysis (COA)

Lot/Batch Number

Don't see the Right Version?

If you require a particular version, you can look up a specific certificate by the Lot or Batch number.

Already Own This Product?

Find documentation for the products that you have recently purchased in the Document Library.

Visit the Document Library

Zinc Fluoride
Turcotte-Savard M, et al.
e-EROS Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis (2001)
Theoretical studies of valence orbital binding energies in solid zinc sulfide, zinc oxide, and zinc fluoride.
Tossell JA.
Inorganic Chemistry, 16(11), 2944-2949 (1977)
Novel sol-gel prepared zinc fluoride: synthesis, characterisation and acid-base sites analysis.
Guo Y, et al.
Journal of Materials Chemistry, 22(29), 14587-14593 (2009)
Shū Kobayashi et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 124(20), 5640-5641 (2002-05-16)
The catalytic, diastereo- and enantioselective Mannich-type reaction of a hydrazono ester with silyl enol ethers in aqueous media has been successfully achieved with ZnF(2), a chiral diamine ligand, and trifluoromethanesulfonic acid.
Hongkun Wu et al.
Hua xi yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of West China University of Medical Sciences = Huaxi yike daxue xuebao, 33(1), 75-76 (2003-02-26)
To compare the influence of 6 trace element agents containing fluoride versus 6 trace element agents not containing fluoride on the growth of mutants of S. mutans and detect the interaction between fluoride and trace elements. Six trace element agents

Our team of scientists has experience in all areas of research including Life Science, Material Science, Chemical Synthesis, Chromatography, Analytical and many others.

Contact Technical Service