Xenon Tetrafluoride

XeF4 as a Ligand for a Metal Ion

“…Soon the first binary fluoride of xenon, XeF 4 , [2] was prepared. Xenon tetrafluoride is a weak Lewis base that reacts only with strong Lewis acids yielding [ [4] Some molecular adducts with XeF 4 were also described that resulted from the semi-ionic bonding in the molecule.…”

Some Theoretical Aspects of Bonding in Xe-F Compounds

“…l l At present Xe-F compounds are prepared by heating a mixture of xenon and fluorine at a pressure of about 10 atmospheres to 40O0C for an hour and then rapidly cooling to room temperature. 1 However, we predict that Xe-F compounds could also be made by irradiation of a mixtures of xenon and fluorine at high pressures under conditions similar to those used for the production of the rare-gas organic ions. …”

Neil Bartlett and the first noble-gas compound

“…It is interesting that the world of chemistry appeared ready for Bartlett's discovery because within a couple of months a group of scientists at Argonne National Laboratory, Howard Claasen, Henry Selig, and John Malm reported the synthesis of the first binary xenon compound [4]. Then, before the end of 1962, the preparations of further noble-gas compounds were announced by Rudolf Hoppe and his group at the University of Münster, Germany [5], Jozef Slivnik and his group at the Jozef Stefan Nuclear Institute in Ljubljana (then Yugoslavia, now Slovenia) [6], and Paul Fields and his associates at the Argonne National Laboratory [7].…”