Chemistry:Xenic acid

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Xenic acid
Structural formula
Ball-and-stick model of xenic acid
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
Properties
H2XeO4
Molar mass 197.31 g/mol
Related compounds
Related compounds
Perxenic acid
Xenon trioxide
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Xenic acid is a proposed noble gas compound with the chemical formula H2XeO4 or XeO2(OH)2. It has not been isolated, and the published characterization data are ambiguous.[1]

Salts of xenic acid are called xenates, containing the HXeO4 anion, such as monosodium xenate. They tend to disproportionate into xenon gas and perxenates:[2]

2 HXeO4 + 2 OHXeO4−6 + Xe + O2 + 2 H2O

The energy given off is sufficient to form ozone from diatomic oxygen:

3 O2 (g) → 2 O3 (g)

Salts containing the deprotonated anion XeO2−4 are presently unknown.[2]

References

  1. Claassen, Howard H.; Knapp, Geraldine. (1964). "Raman Spectrum of Xenic Acid". Journal of the American Chemical Society 86 (12): 2341–2342. doi:10.1021/ja01066a008. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Egon Wiberg; Nils Wiberg; Arnold Frederick Holleman (2001). Inorganic chemistry. Academic Press. p. 399. ISBN 0-12-352651-5. 

Further reading

  • Bruno Jaselskis, Stanislaus Vas (May 1964). "Xenic Acid Reactions with vic-Diols". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 86 (10): 2078–2079. doi:10.1021/ja01064a041.