Xenon Oxyfluoride
Abstract
The incomplete hydrolysis of XeF6 has been used to prepare a xenon oxyfluoride, XeOF4. The latter is a clear, colorless liquid, freezing at -41 degrees C. The infrared and Raman spectra show that the XeOF4 molecule has a fourfold symmetry axis. The large Xe-O stretching force constant indicates the Xe-O bond has appreciable double bond character.
- Publication:
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Science
- Pub Date:
- May 1963
- DOI:
- 10.1126/science.140.3569.899
- Bibcode:
- 1963Sci...140..899S