Xenon_oxytetrafluoride

Xenon oxytetrafluoride

Xenon oxytetrafluoride

Chemical compound

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Xenon oxytetrafluoride (XeOF
4) is an inorganic chemical compound. It is an unstable colorless liquid[2][3] with a melting point of −46.2 °C (−51.2 °F; 227.0 K)[4] that can be synthesized by partial hydrolysis of XeF
6, or the reaction of XeF
6 with silica[3] or NaNO
3:[5]

NaNO
3 + XeF
6 → NaF + XeOF
4 + FNO
2

A high-yield synthesis proceeds by the reaction of XeF
6 with POF
3 at −196 °C (−320.8 °F; 77.1 K).[6]

Like most xenon oxides, it is extremely reactive, and it hydrolyses in water to give hazardous and corrosive products, including hydrogen fluoride:

2 XeOF
4 + 4 H
2O → 2 Xe + 8 HF + 3 O
2

In addition, some ozone and fluorine is formed.

Reactions

XeOF
4 reacts with H
2O in the following steps:

XeOF
4 + H
2O → XeO
2F
2 + 2 HF
XeO
2F
2 + H
2O → XeO
3 + 2 HF

The XeO
3 formed is a dangerous explosive, decomposing explosively to Xe and O
2:

2 XeO
3 → 2 Xe + 3 O
2

In its liquid form, XeOF
4 exhibits amphoteric behaviour, forming complexes with both strong Lewis bases like CsF and strong Lewis acids like SbF
5.[7] It forms a 1:1 adduct with XeF
2, isostructural with XeF
2·IF
5,[8] as well as various heavy alkali metal fluorides.[4]

The reaction of XeOF
4 with XeO
3 provides a convenient synthesis route for XeO
2F
2.[9]

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