CHEBI:49499 - beryllium difluoride

ChEBI IDCHEBI:49499
ChEBI Nameberyllium difluoride
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DefinitionThe fluoride salt of beryllium (+2 oxidation state). In the solid state it exists as a glass, with four-coordinate Be2+ tetrahedral centres and two-coordinate fluoride centres. As a gas it adopts a linear triatomic structure and in the liquid state a fluctuating tetrahedral structure. In protein crystallography it is used as a mimic of phosphate.
Last Modified15 August 2013
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FormulaBeF2
Net Charge0
Average Mass47.008
Monoisotopic Mass47.00899
SMILES[F][Be][F]
InChIInChI=1S/Be.2FH/h;2*1H/q+2;;/p-2
InChIKeyJZKFIPKXQBZXMW-UHFFFAOYSA-L
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
beryllium difluoride (CHEBI:49499) is a beryllium molecular entity (CHEBI:33780)
beryllium difluoride (CHEBI:49499) is a fluoride salt (CHEBI:24060)
Synonyms  Source
Beryllium fluorideChemIDplus
BeF2ChemIDplus
Be2F4ChemIDplus
BerylliumfluoridChEBI
Manual XrefsDatabases
CPD0-1230MetaCyc
Registry NumbersSources
Gmelin:95146Gmelin
Reaxys:14667390Reaxys
CAS:7787-49-7ChemIDplus
CAS:7787-49-7NIST Chemistry WebBook
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