Xenon hexafluoroplatinate

Structural formula
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General
Surname	Xenon hexafluoroplatinate
Molecular formula	XePtF 6
External identifiers / databases
CAS number 12062-18-9 Wikidata Q420831
properties
Molar mass	440.36 g mol −1
safety instructions
GHS hazard labeling no classification available
As far as possible and customary, SI units are used. Unless otherwise noted, the data given apply to standard conditions .

Xenon hexafluoroplatinate (IV) (XePtF ₆ ) is a combination of the noble gas xenon , the noble metal platinum and the halogen fluorine .

history

Xenon hexafluoroplatinate was the first noble gas compound produced . It was discovered in 1962 by the American chemist Neil Bartlett . The synthesis attempt was stimulated by the observation that platinum hexafluoride PtF _{6 forms} the compound dioxygenyl hexafluoroplatinate O ₂ ⁺ PtF ₆ ^- with molecular oxygen O ₂ . Since oxygen and xenon have similar ionization energies , the reaction should also be possible with xenon.

properties

Xenon hexafluoroplatinate is a mixture of different compounds. Xenon always has the oxidation state + II. Some of these compounds are XeF ⁺ PtF ₆ ^- , XeF ⁺ Pt ₂ F ₁₁ ^- and Xe ₂ F ₃ ⁺ PtF ₆ ^- . Like most noble gas compounds, xenon hexafluoroplatinate is very unstable and can therefore only be isolated at very low temperatures. When heated, it immediately decomposes into xenon and platinum hexafluoride.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ This substance has either not yet been classified with regard to its hazardousness or a reliable and citable source has not yet been found.
2. ↑ N. Bartlett: Xenon Hexafluoroplatinate (V) Xe ⁺ [PtF ₆ ] ^- , in: Proceedings of the Chemical Society , 1962 , p. 218; doi : 10.1039 / PS9620000197 .

literature

• AF Holleman , E. Wiberg , N. Wiberg : Textbook of Inorganic Chemistry . 102nd edition. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-11-017770-1 .