{{chembox | Watchedfields = changed | verifiedrevid = 470630671 | ImageFile_Ref = {{chemboximage|correct|??}} | ImageFile = Vinylfluoride.svg | ImageSize = 120px | PIN = Fluoroethene | OtherNames = Vinylfluoride, Fluoroethylene, Monofluoroethylene, Vinyl fluoride monomer, VF, R 1141, UN 1860 (inhibited) |Section1={{Chembox Identifiers | CASNo = 75-02-5 | CASNo_Ref = {{cascite|correct|CAS}} | Beilstein = 1731574 | ChemSpiderID_Ref = {{chemspidercite|correct|chemspider}} | ChemSpiderID = 6099 | PubChem = 6339 | ChEBI_Ref = {{ebicite|correct|EBI}} | ChEBI = 51314 | EINECS = 200-832-6 | Gmelin = 130238 | KEGG_Ref = {{keggcite|correct|kegg}} | KEGG = C19185 | RTECS = YZ7351000 | UNII_Ref = {{fdacite|correct|FDA}} | UNII = 2598465ICX | SMILES = FC=C | InChI = 1/C2H3F/c1-2-3/h2H,1H2 | StdInChI_Ref = {{stdinchicite|correct|chemspider}} | StdInChI = 1S/C2H3F/c1-2-3/h2H,1H2 | StdInChIKey_Ref = {{stdinchicite|correct|chemspider}} | StdInChIKey = XUCNUKMRBVNAPB-UHFFFAOYSA-N }} |Section2={{Chembox Properties | Formula = C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>3</sub>F | MolarMass = 46.04 g/mol | Appearance = Colorless gas | Odor = faint, ethereal<ref name=PGCH/> | Density = 0.636 g/cm<sup>3</sup> | MeltingPtC = -160.5 | MeltingPt_notes = | BoilingPtC = -72.2 | BoilingPt_notes = | Solubility = Slightly soluble | VaporPressure = 25.2 atm (370.4 psi) }} |Section3={{Chembox Hazards | MainHazards = | FlashPt = | AutoignitionPtC = 385 | AutoignitionPt_notes = | NFPA-H = 1 | NFPA-F = 4 | NFPA-R = 2 | NFPA-S = | GHSPictograms = {{GHS02}}{{GHS08}} | GHSSignalWord = Danger | HPhrases = {{H-phrases|220|341|350|373}} | PPhrases = {{P-phrases|201|202|210|260|281|308+313|314|377|381|403|405|410+403|501}} | ExploLimits = 2.6–21.7% | PEL = none<ref name=PGCH>{{PGCH|0660}}</ref> | IDLH = N.D.<ref name=PGCH/> | REL = TWA 1 ppm C 5 ppm<ref name=PGCH/> }} }}
'''Vinyl fluoride''' is an organic halide with the chemical formula C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>3</sub>F. It is a colorless gas with a faint ether-like odor. It is used as the monomeric precursor to the fluoropolymer polyvinylfluoride.
==Production== It was first prepared in 1901 by Frédéric Swarts, the Belgian chemist who was the first to prepare chlorofluorocarbons in 1892. Swarts used the reaction of zinc with 1,1-difluoro-2-bromoethane. It is produced industrially by two routes, one being the mercury-catalyzed reaction of acetylene and hydrogen fluoride:<ref>Günter Siegemund, Werner Schwertfeger, Andrew Feiring, Bruce Smart, Fred Behr, Herward Vogel, Blaine McKusick “Fluorine Compounds, Organic” Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2002. {{doi|10.1002/14356007.a11_349}}</ref> :HC≡CH + HF → CH<sub>2</sub>=CHF It is also prepared from 1,1-chlorofluoroethane: :CH<sub>3</sub>CHClF → CH<sub>2</sub>=CHF + HCl
==Safety== Vinyl fluoride is classified as an IARC Group 2A carcinogen (likely to cause cancer in humans).
==Additional data== Its critical point is at 54.8 °C (328 K) and 5.24 MPa. Its molecular dipole moment is 1.4 Debye and heat of vaporization is 361 kJ/kg.
== See also == * Polyvinyl fluoride * Vinyl chloride * Vinyl bromide
==References== <references/>
== External links == *[http://www.osha.gov/dts/chemicalsampling/data/CH_275750.html US Occupational Safety and Health Administration data sheet] *[https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/npgd0660.html CDC - NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards] *[http://environmentalchemistry.com/yogi/chemicals/cn/Vinyl%A0fluoride.html Vinyl fluoride data sheet, EnvironmentalChemistry.com] *[http://encyclopedia.airliquide.com/encyclopedia.asp?GasID=113 Vinyl fluoride data sheet, airliquide.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303210601/http://encyclopedia.airliquide.com/encyclopedia.asp?GasID=113 |date=2016-03-03 }} *[http://www.inchem.org/documents/icsc/icsc/eics0598.htm MSDS Safety data at inchem.org] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20061223141518/http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/ntp/roc/eleventh/profiles/s188viny.pdf Information about its carcinogenity]
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