Xenon octafluoride
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Approximate geometry predicted computationally
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| IUPAC name
Octafluoroxenon
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| Other names
Xenon(VIII) fluoride
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3D model (JSmol)
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| XeF8 | |
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Related compounds
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Osmium octafluoride |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Chemical compound
Xenon octafluoride is a chemical compound of xenon and fluorine with the chemical formula Xe F 8. This is still a hypothetical compound.[1] [2] XeF8 is reported to be unstable even under pressures reaching 200 GPa.[3]
History
[edit ]The compound was initially predicted in 1933 by Linus Pauling—among other noble gas compounds but which, unlike other xenon fluorides, could probably never be synthesized.[4] [5] This appears to be due to the steric hindrance of the fluorine atoms around the xenon atom. However, scientists continue to try to synthesize it.[6]
Potential synthesis
[edit ]The formation of xenon octafluoride has been calculated to be endothermic:[7]
- Xe + 4 F2 → XeF8
References
[edit ]- ^ Frlec, Boris; Holloway, John H.; Slivnik, Jože; Šmalc, Andrej; Volavšek, Bogdan; Zemljič, Anton (1 August 1970). "An examination of the possibility of the existence of xenon octafluoride". Journal of Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry . 32 (8): 2521–2527. doi:10.1016/0022-1902(70)80296-2. ISSN 0022-1902 . Retrieved 31 March 2023.
- ^ Housecroft, Catherine E.; Sharpe, A. G. (2008). Index. Pearson Prentice Hall. p. 1097. ISBN 978-0-13-175553-6 . Retrieved 31 March 2023.
- ^ Luo, Dongbao; Lv, Jian; Peng, Feng; Wang, Yanchao; Yang, Guochun; Rahm, Martin; Ma, Yanming (2019). "A hypervalent and cubically coordinated molecular phase of IF 8 predicted at high pressure". Chemical Science . 10 (8): 2543–2550. doi:10.1039/c8sc04635b. PMC 6385887 . PMID 30881685 . Retrieved 31 March 2023.
- ^ Weinstock, Bernard; Weaver, E. Eugene; Knop, Charles P. (December 1, 1966). "The Xenon-Fluorine System". Inorg. Chem. 66 (5): 2189. doi:10.1021/ic50046a026 . Retrieved 31 March 2023.
- ^ Pauling, Linus (May 1933). "The Formulas of Antimonic Acid and the Antimonates". Journal of the American Chemical Society . 55 (5): 1895–1900. doi:10.1021/ja01332a016. ISSN 0002-7863 . Retrieved 31 March 2023.
- ^ Cotton, F. Albert (17 September 2009). Progress in Inorganic Chemistry, Volume 6. John Wiley & Sons. p. 249. ISBN 978-0-470-16657-4 . Retrieved 31 March 2023.
- ^ Holleman, A. F.; Wiberg, Egon; Wiberg, Nils (2001). Inorganic Chemistry. Academic Press. p. 394. ISBN 978-0-12-352651-9 . Retrieved 31 March 2023.