Use
Nitryl fluoride is a strong oxidizing agent. Most reactions are similar to those of nitryl chloride, NO2Cl (See Nitryl Chloride Reactions). Nitryl fluoride hydrolyzes rapidly in water forming nitric acid and hydrofluoric acid:
NO2F + H2O HNO3 + HF
Reaction with ethanol produces ethyl nitrate:
NO2F + C2H5OH C2H5NO3 + HF
Reactions with reducing agents can be explosive. The compound attacks most metals almost as vigorously as fluorine. It spontaneously ignites boron, silicon, phosphorus, arsenic, antimony, and iodine at ordinary temperatures.
Nitryl fluoride can add a nitrate group to many organics forming their nitro derivatives:
C6H6 + NO2F C6H5NO2 + HF