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Xenon trioxide






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Xenon trioxide
Structural formula, showing lone pair
Space-filling model
Names
IUPAC names

Xenon trioxide
Xenon(VI) oxide

Other names

Xenic anhydride

Identifiers

CAS Number

3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
UNII

CompTox Dashboard (EPA)

  • InChI=1S/O3Xe/c1-4(2)3 checkY

    Key: ZWAWYSBJNBVQHP-UHFFFAOYSA-N checkY

  • InChI=1/O3Xe/c1-4(2)3

    Key: ZWAWYSBJNBVQHP-UHFFFAOYAR

  • O=Xe(=O)=O

Properties

Chemical formula

 XeO3
Molar mass 179.288 g/mol
Appearance colourless crystalline solid
Density 4.55 g/cm3, solid
Melting point 25 °C (77 °F; 298 K) Violent decomposition

Solubility in water

 Soluble (with reaction)
Structure

Molecular shape

 trigonal pyramidal (C3v)
Thermochemistry

Std enthalpy of
formation (ΔfH⦵298)

 402 kJ·mol−1[1]
Hazards
NFPA 704 (fire diamond)
NFPA 704 four-colored diamondHealth 4: Very short exposure could cause death or major residual injury. E.g. VX gasFlammability 0: Will not burn. E.g. waterInstability 4: Readily capable of detonation or explosive decomposition at normal temperatures and pressures. E.g. nitroglycerinSpecial hazard OX: Oxidizer. E.g. potassium perchlorate
4
0
4
OX
Related compounds

Related compounds

 Xenon tetroxide
Xenic acid

Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

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Infobox references

Xenon trioxide is an unstable compoundofxenon in its +6 oxidation state. It is a very powerful oxidizing agent, and liberates oxygen from water slowly, accelerated by exposure to sunlight. It is dangerously explosive upon contact with organic materials. When it detonates, it releases xenon and oxygen gas.

Chemistry[edit]

Synthesis of xenon trioxide is by aqueous hydrolysis of XeF
6:[2]

XeF
6 + 3 H
2O → XeO
3 + 6 HF

The resulting xenon trioxide crystals are a strong oxidising agent and can oxidise most substances that are at all oxidisable. However, it is slow-acting and this reduces its usefulness.[3]

Above 25 °C, xenon trioxide is very prone to violent explosion:

2 XeO3 → 2 Xe + 3 O2  (ΔHf = −403 kJ/mol)

When it dissolves in water, an acidic solution of xenic acid is formed:

XeO3(aq) + H2O → H2XeO4 ⇌ H+ + HXeO−
4

This solution is stable at room temperature and lacks the explosive properties of xenon trioxide. It oxidises carboxylic acids quantitatively to carbon dioxide and water.[4]

Alternatively, it dissolves in alkaline solutions to form xenates. The HXeO−
4 anion is the predominant species in xenate solutions.[5] These are not stable and begin to disproportionate into perxenates (+8 oxidation state) and xenon and oxygen gas.[6] Solid perxenates containing XeO4−
6 have been isolated by reacting XeO
3 with an aqueous solution of hydroxides. Xenon trioxide reacts with inorganic fluorides such as KF, RbF, or CsF to form stable solids of the form MXeO
3F.[7]

Physical properties[edit]

Hydrolysis of xenon hexafluorideorxenon tetrafluoride yields a solution from which colorless XeO3 crystals can be obtained by evaporation.[2] The crystals are stable for days in dry air, but readily absorb water from humid air to form a concentrated solution. The crystal structure is orthorhombic with a = 6.163 Å, b = 8.115 Å, c = 5.234 Å, and 4 molecules per unit cell. The density is 4.55 g/cm3.[8]

ball-and-stick model of part of
the crystal structure of XeO3		 space-filling model coordination geometry of XeO3

Safety[edit]

XeO3 should be handled with great caution. Samples have detonated when undisturbed at room temperature. Dry crystals react explosively with cellulose.[8][9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Zumdahl, Steven S. (2009). Chemical Principles 6th Ed. Houghton Mifflin Company. p. A23. ISBN 978-0-618-94690-7.
  • ^ a b John H. Holloway; Eric G. Hope (1998). A. G. Sykes (ed.). Recent Advances in Noble-gas Chemistry. Advances in Inorganic Chemistry, Volume 46. Academic Press. p. 65. ISBN 0-12-023646-X.
  • ^ Greenwood, N.; Earnshaw, A. (1997). Chemistry of the Elements. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann.
  • ^ Jaselskis B.; Krueger R. H. (July 1966). "Titrimetric determination of some organic acids by xenon trioxide oxidation". Talanta. 13 (7): 945–949. doi:10.1016/0039-9140(66)80192-3. PMID 18959958.
  • ^ Peterson, J. L.; Claassen, H. H.; Appelman, E. H. (March 1970). "Vibrational spectra and structures of xenate(VI) and perxenate(VIII) ions in aqueous solution". Inorganic Chemistry. 9 (3): 619–621. doi:10.1021/ic50085a037.
  • ^ W. Henderson (2000). Main group chemistry. Great Britain: Royal Society of Chemistry. pp. 152–153. ISBN 0-85404-617-8.
  • ^ Egon Wiberg; Nils Wiberg; Arnold Frederick Holleman (2001). Inorganic chemistry. Academic Press. p. 399. ISBN 0-12-352651-5.
  • ^ a b Templeton, D. H.; Zalkin, A.; Forrester, J. D.; Williamson, S. M. (1963). "Crystal and Molecular Structure of Xenon Trioxide". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 85 (6): 817. doi:10.1021/ja00889a037.
  • ^ Bartlett, N.; Rao, P. R. (1963). "Xenon Hydroxide: an Experimental Hazard". Science. 139 (3554): 506. Bibcode:1963Sci...139..506B. doi:10.1126/science.139.3554.506. PMID 17843880.

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