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PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
Volume 17, Issue 2, Pages 972-982Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c4cp03856h
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- DST, New Delhi
- CSIR, New Delhi
- UGC [42-256/2013 (SR)]
- Conacyt [INFRA-2013-01-204586]
- Moshinsky Foundation
- Conacyt
- University Grants Commission (UGC)
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Ab initio computations are carried out to explore the structure and stability of FNgEF(3) and FNgEF (E = Sn, Pb; Ng = Kr-Rn) compounds. They are the first reported systems to possess Ng-Sn and Ng-Pb bonds. Except for FKrEF3, the dissociations of FNgSnF(3) and FNgEF, producing Ng and SnF4 or EF2, are only exergonic in nature at room temperature, whereas FNgPbF(3) has a thermochemical instability with respect to two two-body dissociation channels. However, they are kinetically stable, having positive activation barriers (ranging from 2.2 to 49.9 kcal mol(-1)) with respect to those dissociations. The kinetic stability gradually improves in moving from the Kr to Rn analogues. The remaining possible dissociation channels for these compounds are found to be endergonic in nature. The nature of the bonding is analyzed by natural bond order, electron density, and energy decomposition analyses. Particularly, the natural population analysis reveals that they are best represented as F-(NgEF(3))(+) and F-(NgEF)(+). All the Xe/Rn-E bonds in FNgEF(3) and FNgEF are covalent in nature.
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