Chemistry:Krypton hexafluoride

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Krypton hexafluoride
Names
Other names
Krypton(VI) fluoride
Identifiers
Properties
F6Kr
Molar mass 197.788 g·mol−1
Appearance claimed to be white crystalline solid
Related compounds
Related compounds
Xenon hexafluoride
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Krypton hexafluoride is an inorganic chemical compound of krypton and fluorine with the chemical formula KrF
6
. It is still a hypothetical compound.[1]

History

In 1933, Linus Pauling predicted[2] that the heavier noble gases would be able to form compounds with fluorine and oxygen. He also predicted the existence of krypton hexafluoride.[3] So far, out of all possible krypton fluorides, only krypton difluoride (KrF
2
) has been actually formed. It is a white crystalline solid that decomposes spontaneously at normal temperatures.[4] This fact leads to suggest that krypton hexafluoride is also an unstable compound.

References

  1. Dixon, David A.; Wang, Tsang-Hsiu; Grant, Daniel J.; Peterson, Kirk A.; Christe, Karl O.; Schrobilgen, Gary J. (1 November 2007). "Heats of Formation of Krypton Fluorides and Stability Predictions for KrF4 and KrF6 from High Level Electronic Structure Calculations" (in en). Inorganic Chemistry 46 (23): 10016–10021. doi:10.1021/ic701313h. ISSN 0020-1669. PMID 17941630. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ic701313h. Retrieved 28 March 2023. 
  2. Williams, Jeffrey H. (28 September 2017) (in en). Crystal Engineering: How Molecules Build Solids. Morgan & Claypool Publishers. p. 4–1. ISBN 978-1-68174-625-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=3D9iDwAAQBAJ&dq=Krypton+hexafluoride&pg=SA3-PA14. Retrieved 28 March 2023. 
  3. Pauling, Linus (May 1933). "The Formulas of Antimonic Acid and the Antimonates" (in en). Journal of the American Chemical Society 55 (5): 1895–1900. doi:10.1021/ja01332a016. ISSN 0002-7863. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja01332a016. Retrieved 28 March 2023. 
  4. Burbank, R. D.; Falconer, W. E.; Sunder, W. A. (22 December 1972). "Crystal Structure of Krypton Difluoride at −80°C" (in en). Science 178 (4067): 1285–1286. doi:10.1126/science.178.4067.1285. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 17792123. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.178.4067.1285. Retrieved 28 March 2023.