The viscosity and vapor pressure of the reactive chelating ligand,
1,1,1,5,5,5-hexafluoro-2,4-pentanedione
(H+hfac) have been determined. The viscosity of
liquid H+hfac was determined to be (1.39 ± 0.19)
×
10-3 Pa·s at 24 °C and (8.35 ± 0.25)
× 10-4 Pa·s at 35 °C. The vapor
pressure of H+hfac was found to
range from 4 kPa at 0 °C to 49.5 kPa at 57 °C. The viscosity
was measured using a capillary tube
viscometer, and the vapor pressure was measured using a mass transfer
gas saturation apparatus. These
methods were employed because conventional methodologies would have
produced unreliable data due
to the formation of the tetrol hydrate of H+hfac
inside the apparatus and potentially exposed laboratory
personnel to hazardous working conditions.