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Spin‐Orbit Coupling versus the VSEPR Method: On the Possibility of a Nonplanar Structure for the Super‐Heavy Noble Gas Tetrafluoride (118)F 4
Author(s) -
Nash Clinton S.,
Bursten Bruce E.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-3773(19990115)38:1/2<151::aid-anie151>3.0.co;2-1
Subject(s) - spin–orbit interaction , coupling (piping) , spin (aerodynamics) , noble gas , tetrafluoride , materials science , orbit (dynamics) , chemical physics , condensed matter physics , physics , atomic physics , molecule , quantum mechanics , metallurgy , aerospace engineering , engineering , thermodynamics
When relativistic considerations are taken into account it seems likely that the tetrafluoride of the noble gas element 118 does not favor a square‐planar geometry like the lighter homologues XeF 4 and RnF 4 , but rather a tetrahedral geometry as a result of large spin‐orbit effects (see picture).