Xenic acid

Xenic Acid
Identifiers
ChemSpider 10466143 
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Properties
H2XeO4
Molar mass 197.31 g/mol
Related compounds
Related compounds
Perxenic acid
Xenon trioxide
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Xenic acid or orthoxenic acid is an ortho acid (the only ortho acid of xenon) and a noble gas compound formed by the dissolution of xenon trioxide in water. Its chemical formula is H2XeO4. It is a very powerful oxidizing agent, and its decomposition is dangerous as it liberates a large amount of gaseous products - xenon, oxygen, and ozone.

Its existence was hypothesized by Linus Pauling in 1933.[1] Xenic acid has been used as an oxidizing agent in organic chemistry.

Salts of xenic acid are called xenates, containing the HXeO
4
anion. They tend to disproportionate into xenon gas and perxenates:[2]

2 HXeO
4
+ 2 OH
XeO4−
6
+ Xe + O
2
+ 2 H
2
O

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

3 O
2
(g) → 2 O
3
(g)

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

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References

  1. Linus Pauling (June 1933). "The Formulas of Antimonic Acid and the Antimonates". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 55, (5): 1895–1900. doi:10.1021/ja01332a016.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Egon Wiberg; Nils Wiberg; Arnold Frederick Holleman (2001). Inorganic chemistry. Academic Press. p. 399. ISBN 0-12-352651-5.
  3. Bruno Jaselskis, Stanislaus Vas (May 1964). "Xenic Acid Reactions with vic-Diols". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 86, (10): 2078–2079. doi:10.1021/ja01064a041.