Xenon dioxide

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Xenon dioxide
Names
IUPAC name
xenon dioxide
Identifiers
3D model (
JSmol
)
ChemSpider
  • InChI=1S/O2Xe/c1-3-2
    Key: BMYPQOLESFVQPA-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • O=[Xe]=O
Properties
XeO2
Molar mass 163.29 g/mol
Appearance yellow solid[1]
Structure
Bent
Related compounds
Related compounds
 Xenon trioxide
Xenon tetroxide
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Xenon dioxide, or xenon(IV) oxide, is a compound of xenon and oxygen with formula XeO2 which was synthesized in 2011. It is synthesized at 0 °C by hydrolysis of xenon tetrafluoride in aqueous sulfuric acid:[2]

Structure

XeO
2 has an extended (chain or network) structure in which xenon and oxygen have

square planar, consistent with VSEPR theory
for four ligands and two lone pairs (or AX4E2 in the notation of VSEPR theory).

In addition, the existence of an XeO2 molecule was predicted by an

ab initio quantum chemistry method several years earlier by Pyykkö and Tamm, but these authors did not consider an extended structure.[3]

Properties

XeO
2 is a yellow-orange solid.[4] It is an unstable compound, with a half-life of about two minutes, disproportionating into XeO
3 and xenon gas. Its structure and identity was confirmed by cooling it to −150 °C so that Raman spectroscopy could be performed before it decomposed.[2][1]

At -78 °C, the majority of XeO2 decomposed over a period of 72 hours, which was identified by the fading of the original yellow product to a pale yellow. Almost all yellow color indicating pure XeO2 disappeared over the span of 1 week.[2]

3 XeO2 → Xe + 2 XeO3

References

  1. ^ a b Tyler Irving (May 2011). "Xenon Dioxide May Solve One of Earth's Mysteries". L’Actualité chimique canadienne (Canadian Chemical News). Retrieved 2012-05-18.
  2. ^
    PMID 21341650
    .
  3. doi:10.1021/jp994038d
    .
  4. ^ Cotton, Simon (1 May 2011). "Xenon dioxide". Soundbite. Education in Chemistry. Vol. 48, no. 3. Royal Society of Chemistry. p. 69. Retrieved 2012-05-18.
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