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Cover Picture: Spectroscopic Observation of a Group 12 Oxyfluoride: A Matrix‐Isolation and Quantum‐Chemical Investigation of Mercury Oxyfluorides (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 33/2012)
Author(s) -
Andrews Lester,
Wang Xuefeng,
Gong Yu,
Schlöder Tobias,
Riedel Sebastian,
Franger Marvin J.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201205441
Subject(s) - mercury (programming language) , matrix isolation , neon , argon , chemistry , difluoride , unpaired electron , inorganic chemistry , molecule , organic chemistry , computer science , programming language
Mercury amalgam dental fillings provide a source for laser‐ablated mercury atoms as reaction partners with OF 2 to produce mercury difluoride and two major oxyfluorides, as shown by S. Riedel et al. in their Communication on page 8235 ff. Assignments for OHgF and FOHgF trapped in solid neon and argon in the IR spectrum were supported by calculations. Unpaired electron spin resides on oxygen in OHgF, with mercury in the +II oxidation state.