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Tautomerism in Xenon Hexafluoride: An Investigation of Xenon Hexafluoride and its Complexes by Raman Spectroscopy
Author(s) -
Adams Chris J.,
Bartlett Neil
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
israel journal of chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.908
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1869-5868
pISSN - 0021-2148
DOI - 10.1002/ijch.197800015
Subject(s) - chemistry , xenon , sulfur hexafluoride , raman spectroscopy , uranium hexafluoride , hydrogen fluoride , analytical chemistry (journal) , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , physics , materials science , uranium , optics , metallurgy
Raman spectra are reported for (i) complexes of xenon hexafluoride with the fluoride‐ion acceptors BF 3 , PdF 4 , PF 5 , AsF 5 , RuF 5 , PtF 5 , and AuF 5 , and (ii) for solutions of xenon hexafluoride in HF and in WF 6 . Vibrational assignments are made for the cations XeF + 5 and Xe 2 F + 11 , and evoke a normal coordinate analysis for XeF + 5 . Xenon hexafluoride, present in concentrated solution in HF as [XeF + 5 F − ] 4 , progressively ionizes on dilution to give Xe 2 F + 11 ; and XeF + 5 ; on the other hand, in WF 6 solution [XeF + 5 F − ] 4 exists in equilibrium only with molecular XeF 6 .