Xenon tetrachloride

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Xenon tetrachloride
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
  • InChI=1S/Cl4Xe/c1-5(2,3)4
    Key: YPLOYFASLUPKHY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • Cl(Cl)(Cl)Cl
Properties
Cl4Xe
Molar mass 273.09 g·mol−1
Related compounds
Related compounds
 XeF4, XeCl2, XeCl
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C , 100 kPa).

Xenon tetrachloride is an unstable[1] inorganic compound with the chemical formula XeCl4. Unlike other noble gas/halide compounds, it cannot be synthesized by simply combining the elements, by using a more-active halogenating agent, or by substitution of other halides on tetrahaloxenon compounds. Instead, a decay technique can be used, starting with K129ICl4. The iodine-129 atom of the 129
ICl–
4 covalent cluster is radioactive and undergoes beta decay to become xenon-129.[2][3] The resulting XeCl4 molecule has a square planar molecular geometry analogous to xenon tetrafluoride.[4]

Alternately, the product can be obtained by subjecting the elements to an electric discharge.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Holleman, A.F.; Wiberg, E.; Wiberg, N.; Eagleson, M.; Brewer, W. (2001). Inorganic Chemistry. Academic Press. p. 394. ISBN 9780123526519. LCCN 2001091215.
  2. ^ Bell, C.F. (2013). Syntheses and Physical Studies of Inorganic Compounds. Elsevier Science. p. 143. ISBN 9781483280608.
  3. ^ Cockett, A.H.; Smith, K.C.; Bartlett, N. (2013). The Chemistry of the Monatomic Gases: Pergamon Texts in Inorganic Chemistry. Elsevier Science. p. 292. ISBN 9781483157368.
  4. ^ Perlow, G. J.; Perlow, M. R. (15 August 1964). "Mössbauer Effect Evidence for the Existence and Structure of XeCl4". The Journal of Chemical Physics. 41 (4): 1157–1158. Bibcode:1964JChPh..41.1157P. doi:10.1063/1.1726022.