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| IUPAC names Xenon tetraoxide Xenon(VIII) oxide | |||
| Other names Xenon tetroxide Perxenic anhydride | |||
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| Properties | |||
| XeO4 | |||
| Molar mass | 195.289 g·mol−1 | ||
| Appearance | Yellow solid below −36 °C (−33 °F; 237 K) | ||
| Melting point | −35.9 °C (−32.6 °F; 237.2 K) | ||
| Boiling point | 0 °C (32 °F; 273 K)[1] | ||
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| Structure | |||
| Tetrahedral[2] | |||
| 0 D | |||
| Thermochemistry | |||
Std enthalpy of formation(ΔfH⦵298) | +153.5 kcal mol−1[3] | ||
| Hazards | |||
| Occupational safety and health (OHS/OSH): | |||
Main hazards | powerful explosive | ||
| Related compounds | |||
Related compounds | Perxenic acid Xenon trioxide | ||
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in theirstandard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). | |||
Xenon tetroxide is achemical compound ofxenon andoxygen with molecular formula XeO4, remarkable for being a relatively stablecompound of a noble gas. It is a yellowcrystallinesolid that is stable below −35.9 °C; above that temperature it is very prone to exploding and decomposing into elemental xenon and oxygen (O2).[4][5]
All eightvalence electrons of xenon are involved in the bonds with the oxygen, and theoxidation state of the xenon atom is +8. Oxygen is the onlyelement that can bring xenon up to its highest oxidation state; evenfluorine can only giveXeF6 (+6), though attempts to synthesizeXeF8 (+8) are still being made.
Two other short-livedxenon compounds with an oxidation state of +8,XeO3F2 andXeO2F4, are accessible by the reaction of xenon tetroxide withxenon hexafluoride.XeO3F2 andXeO2F4 can be detected withmass spectrometry. Theperxenates are also compounds where xenon has the +8 oxidation state.
At temperatures above −35.9 °C (−32.6 °F), xenon tetroxide is very prone to explosion, decomposing into xenon and oxygen gases with ΔH =−643 kJ/mol:
Xenon tetroxide dissolves in water to formperxenic acid and in alkalis to formperxenate salts:
Xenon tetroxide can also react withxenon hexafluoride to give xenon oxyfluorides:
All syntheses start from theperxenates, which are accessible from thexenates through two methods. One is thedisproportionation of xenates to perxenates and xenon:
The other is oxidation of the xenates withozone in basic solution:
Barium perxenate is reacted withsulfuric acid and the unstable perxenic acid is dehydrated to give xenon tetroxide:[6]
Any excessperxenic acid slowly undergoes a decomposition reaction toxenic acid and oxygen:
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