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Its structure was determined by both NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography in 1963. [6] [7] The structure is square planar, as has been confirmed by neutron diffraction studies. [8] According to VSEPR theory, in addition to four fluoride ligands, the xenon center has two lone pairs of electrons. These lone pairs are mutually trans.
An unusual ion containing xenon is the tetraxenonogold(II) cation, AuXe 2+ 4, which contains Xe–Au bonds. [25] This ion occurs in the compound AuXe 4 (Sb 2 F 11) 2, and is remarkable in having direct chemical bonds between two notoriously unreactive atoms, xenon and gold, with xenon acting as a transition metal ligand.
Xenon oxytetrafluoride (Xe O F 4) is an inorganic chemical compound.It is an unstable colorless liquid [2] [3] with a melting point of −46.2 °C (−51.2 °F; 227.0 K) [4] that can be synthesized by partial hydrolysis of XeF
In the crystal structure of this product the magnesium atom is octahedrally-coordinated and the XeF 2 ligands are axial while the AsF − 6 ligands are equatorial. Many such reactions with products of the form [M x (XeF 2 ) n ](AF 6 ) x have been observed, where M can be calcium , strontium , barium , lead , silver , lanthanum , or neodymium ...
Structure of a noble-gas atom caged within a buckminsterfullerene (C 60) molecule. Noble gases can also form endohedral fullerene compounds where the noble gas atom is trapped inside a fullerene molecule. In 1993, it was discovered that when C 60 is exposed to a pressure of around 3 bar of He or Ne, the complexes He@C 60 and Ne@C 60 are formed ...
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The structure of XeF 6 required several years to establish in contrast to the cases of XeF 2 and XeF 4.In the gas phase the compound is monomeric. VSEPR theory predicts that due to the presence of six fluoride ligands and one lone pair of electrons the structure lacks perfect octahedral symmetry, and indeed electron diffraction combined with high-level calculations indicate that the compound's ...
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