TY - JOUR
T1 - A small neutral molecule with two noble-gas atoms
T2 - HXeOXeH
AU - Khriachtchev, Leonid
AU - Isokoski, Karoliina
AU - Cohen, Arik
AU - Räsänen, Markku
AU - Gerber, R. Benny
PY - 2008/5/14
Y1 - 2008/5/14
N2 - A novel noble-gas compound, HXeOXeH, is identified using IR spectroscopy, and it seems to be the smallest known neutral molecule with two noble-gas atoms. HXeOXeH is prepared using, for example, UV photolysis of water in solid xenon and subsequent annealing at 40-45 K. The experimental observations are fully supported by extensive quantum chemical calculations. A large energy release of 8.3 eV is computationally predicted for the decomposition of HXeOXeH into the 2Xe + H2O global energy minimum. HXeOXeH may represent a first step toward the possible preparation of (Xe-O)n chains and it may be relevant to the terrestrial "missing xenon" problem.
AB - A novel noble-gas compound, HXeOXeH, is identified using IR spectroscopy, and it seems to be the smallest known neutral molecule with two noble-gas atoms. HXeOXeH is prepared using, for example, UV photolysis of water in solid xenon and subsequent annealing at 40-45 K. The experimental observations are fully supported by extensive quantum chemical calculations. A large energy release of 8.3 eV is computationally predicted for the decomposition of HXeOXeH into the 2Xe + H2O global energy minimum. HXeOXeH may represent a first step toward the possible preparation of (Xe-O)n chains and it may be relevant to the terrestrial "missing xenon" problem.
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U2 - 10.1021/ja077835v
DO - 10.1021/ja077835v
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AN - SCOPUS:43249086801
SN - 0002-7863
VL - 130
SP - 6114
EP - 6118
JO - Journal of the American Chemical Society
JF - Journal of the American Chemical Society
IS - 19
ER -