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Nitrosonium octafluoroxenate(VI)

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Nitrosonium octafluoroxenate(VI)
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Nitrosonium octafluoroxenate(VI) is a chemical compound of xenon with nitrogen, oxygen, and fluorine, having formula (NO)
2
XeF
8
. It is an ionic compound containing well-separated nitrosonium cations (NO+) and octafluoroxenate(VI) anions (XeF2−
8
). The molecular geometry of the octafluoroxenate(VI) ion is square antiprismatic, having Xe–F bond lengths of 1.971 Å, 1.946 Å, 1.958 Å, 2.052 Å, and 2.099 Å.[1]

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It is synthesized by the reaction of xenon hexafluoride (XeF
6
) with nitrosyl fluoride (NOF):[2]

XeF
6
+ 2 NOF → (NO)
2
XeF
8

Other compounds containing the octafluoroxenate(VI) ion include its alkali metal salts, including Cs2XeF8 and Rb2XeF8, which are stable up to 400 °C.[3][4]

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