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Xe(OTeF 5 ) 6 , A Deep‐Colored Noble Gas Compound, and OXe(OTeF 5 ) 4 —The Existence of Kr(OTeF 5 ) 2
Author(s) -
Lentz Dieter,
Seppelt Konrad
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.197900661
Subject(s) - xenon , noble gas , monomer , colored , covalent bond , molecule , chemistry , crystallography , atomic physics , materials science , physics , polymer , organic chemistry , composite material
The red‐violet color of Xe(OTeF 5 ) 6 (1) must be attributed to the bonding state of hexavalent xenon which possesses a nonbonding electron pair: Te(OTeF 5 ) 6 has no such pair and is colorless. The extremely light‐sensitive compound (1) probably exists as a monomeric molecule with covalent bonds.