Destabilization of noble-gas hydrides by a water environment: Calculations for HXeOH(H2O)n, HXeOXeH(H2O)n, HXeBr(H2O)n, HXeCCH(H2O)n

Ehud Tsivion, Markku Räsänen, R. Benny Gerber*

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Abstract

HNgY molecules are chemically-bound compounds of a noble-gas atom (Ng) with a hydrogen and with an electronegative group Y. There is considerable current interest in the stability of these species in different types of media. The kinetic stability of several compounds, HXeOH, HXeOXeH, HXeBr and HXeCCH, in water clusters is explored by ab initio calculations. It is found that the kinetic stability of the compounds is reduced by the water environment, generally falling off with the number of H2O molecules. For a relatively modest number of water molecules, the compounds decompose spontaneously. Implications of the results for storage of HNgY in molecular media are discussed. This journal is

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)12610-12616
Number of pages7
JournalPhysical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Volume15
Issue number30
DOIs
StatePublished - 14 Aug 2013

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