Xenon octafluoride
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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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Xenon octafluoride is a chemical compound of xenon and fluorine with the chemical formula XeF8.[1] This is still a hypothetical compound.[2][3] XeF8 is reported to be unstable even under pressures reaching 200 GPa.[4]
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.[5][6] 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.[7]
Potential synthesis
[edit]The formation of xenon octafluoride has been calculated to be endothermic:[8]
- Xe + 4 F2 → XeF8
Ion
[edit]The doubly charged anion octafluoroxenate XeF2−
8 in which the oxidation number of xenon is only VI, is stable in salts.
References
[edit]- ^ Soni, P. L.; Soni, Vandna (6 June 2025). Inorganic Chemistry: Concepts and Main Group of Elements. CRC Press. p. 415. ISBN 978-1-040-35102-4. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ^ 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.