This thesis extends our fundamental knowledge in the area of high oxidation state chemistry of xenon trioxide, XeO3. Oxygen coordination to the Xe(VI) atom of XeO3 was observed in its adducts with triphenylphosphine oxide, [(C6H5)3PO]2XeO3, dimethylsulfoxide, [(CH3)2SO]3(XeO3)2, pyridine-N-oxide, (C5H5NO)3(XeO3)2, and acetone, [(CH3)2CO]3XeO3. The crystalline adducts were characterized by low-temperature single-crystal X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy. Unlike solid XeO3, which detonates when mechanically or thermally shocked, the solid [(C6H5)3PO]2XeO3, [(CH3)2SO]3(XeO3)2, and (C5H5NO)3(XeO3)2 adducts are insensitive to mechanical shock, but undergo deflagration when exposed to a flame. Both [(C6H5)3PO]2XeO3 and (C5H5NO)3(XeO3)2 are air-stable at room temperature. The xenon coordination sphere in [(C6H5)3PO]2XeO3 is a distorted square pyramid and provides the first example of a five-coordinate Xe center in a XeO3 adduct. The xenon coordination sphere of the remaining adducts are distorted octahedral comprised of three equivalent Xe---O secondary contacts that are approximately trans to the primary Xe–O bonds of XeO3. Hirshfeld surfaces of XeO3 and (C6H5)3PO in [(C6H5)3PO]2XeO3 show the adduct is well-isolated in its crystal structure and provide a visual representation of the secondary Xe---O bonding in this adduct.
Crown ethers have been known for over 50 years, but no example of a complex between a noble-gas compound and a crown ether or another polydentate ligand had been reported. Xenon trioxide is shown to react with 15-crown-5 to form the kinetically stable (CH2CH2O)5XeO3 adduct which, in marked contrast with solid XeO3, does not detonate when mechanically shocked. The crystal structure shows that the five oxygen atoms of the crown ether are coordinated to the xenon atom of XeO3. The gas-phase Wiberg bond valences and indices and empirical bond valences indicate the Xe---Ocrown bonds are predominantly electrostatic, σ-hole, bonds. Mappings of the electrostatic potential (EP) onto the Hirshfeld surfaces of XeO3 and 15-crown-5 in (CH2CH2O)5XeO3 and a detailed examination of the molecular electrostatic potential surface (MEPS) of XeO3 and (CH2CH2O)5 reveal regions of negative EP on the oxygen atoms of (CH2CH2O)5 and regions of high positive EP on the xenon atom that are also consistent with σ-hole bonding.
Reactions of crown ethers with HF acidified aqueous solutions of XeO3 at room-temperature yielded adducts of 12-crown-4, (CH2CH2O)4XeO3, and 18-crown-6, [(CH2CH2O)6XeO3∙2H2O]2∙HF, whereas slow cooling of a solution of XeO3 with 18-crown-6 in acetone yielded (CH2CH2O)6XeO3∙2H2O. The adducts (CH2CH2O)4XeO3 and (CH2CH2O)6XeO3∙2H2O are shock-insensitive whereas the former adduct is air-stable at room temperature. The low-temperature, single-crystal X-ray structures show the Xe atom of XeO3 coordinated to the oxygen atoms of the crown ether ring. Uncharacteristic xenon coordination numbers exceeding six (including the three primary bonds of XeO3) were observed for all crown ether adducts. Raman spectroscopy frequency shifts are consistent with complex formation and provided evidence for the 2,2,1-cryptand adduct of XeO3. Gas-phase Wiberg bond valences and indices and empirical solid-state bond valences confirmed the electrostatic nature of the Xe---O bonding interactions. Comparisons between the XeO3 and SbF3 18-crown-6, 15-crown-5, and 12-crown-4 complexes are made.
Incorporation of xenon trioxide, XeO3, into inorganic polyatomic salts under ambient conditions has been observed in several mixed xenate salts; K[XeO3XO3] (X = Cl, Br), K2[XeO3SeO4]∙HF, K[(XeO3)nZO3] (Z = I, N), and M2[(XeO3)nCO3]∙xH2O (M = Na, K, Rb, Ba). Raman spectroscopy was used to identify the aforementioned compounds and K[XeO3ClO3], K[XeO3BrO3], K2[XeO3SeO4]∙HF, and Rb2[(XeO3)2CO3]∙2H2O were also characterized by low-temperature, single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The xenon atom of XeO3 is seven coordinate in K[XeO3ClO3] and six coordinate in all other compounds with Xe---O distances that are significantly less than the sum of the Xe and O van der Waals radii. These salts provide examples of XeO3 coordinated to inorganic compounds and may provide insights into the inclusion of xenon oxides in minerals. / Thesis / Master of Science (MSc)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:mcmaster.ca/oai:macsphere.mcmaster.ca:11375/23765 |
| Date | January 2018 |
| Creators | Marczenko, Katherine |
| Contributors | Schrobilgen, Gary, Chemistry |
| Source Sets | McMaster University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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