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Xenon tetrachloride

Identifiers
CAS Number	14989-42-5
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image
PubChem CID	149605668
InChI InChI=1S/Cl4Xe/c1-5(2,3)4Key: YPLOYFASLUPKHY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES Cl(Cl)(Cl)Cl
Properties
Chemical formula	Cl4Xe
Molar mass	273.09 g·mol
Related compounds
Related compounds	XeF4, XeCl2, XeCl
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C , 100 kPa). Infobox references

Xenon tetrachloride is an unstable inorganic compound with the chemical formula XeCl₄. Unlike other noble gas/halide compounds, it cannot be synthesized by simply combining the elements, by using a more-active halogenating agent, or by substitution of other halides on tetrahaloxenon compounds. Instead, a decay technique can be used, starting with KICl₄. The iodine-129 atom of the
ICl
₄ covalent cluster is radioactive and undergoes beta decay to become xenon-129. The resulting XeCl₄ molecule has a square planar molecular geometry analogous to xenon tetrafluoride.

Alternately, the product can be obtained by subjecting the elements to an electric discharge.

References

1. ^ Holleman, A.F.; Wiberg, E.; Wiberg, N.; Eagleson, M.; Brewer, W. (2001). Inorganic Chemistry. Academic Press. p. 394. ISBN 9780123526519. LCCN 2001091215.
2. Bell, C.F. (2013). Syntheses and Physical Studies of Inorganic Compounds. Elsevier Science. p. 143. ISBN 9781483280608.
3. Cockett, A.H.; Smith, K.C.; Bartlett, N. (2013). The Chemistry of the Monatomic Gases: Pergamon Texts in Inorganic Chemistry. Elsevier Science. p. 292. ISBN 9781483157368.
4. Perlow, G. J.; Perlow, M. R. (15 August 1964). "Mössbauer Effect Evidence for the Existence and Structure of XeCl₄". The Journal of Chemical Physics. 41 (4): 1157–1158. Bibcode:1964JChPh..41.1157P. doi:10.1063/1.1726022.

• Xenon(IV) compounds
• Chlorides