Things I Won’t Work With: Dioxygen Difluoride
aka FOOF
Sulfur compounds defeated him, because the thermodynamics were just too titanic. Hydrogen sulfide, for example, reacts with four molecules of FOOF to give sulfur hexafluoride, 2 molecules of HF and four oxygens. . .and 433 kcal, which is the kind of every-man-for-himself exotherm that you want to avoid at all cost. The sulfur chemistry of FOOF remains unexplored, so if you feel like whipping up a batch of Satan’s kimchi, go right ahead.
Thanks for that Swansont. It’s fascinating how that stuff is so dangerous yet it still raises a smile to my face reading about it. From my limited knowledge It seems to make plutonium look quite benign and boring by comparison!