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Noble-gas hydrides: new chemistry at low temperatures.

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The matrix-isolation synthesis of noble-gas hydrides, their spectroscopic and structural properties, and their stabilities are discussed, including the existence of related polymers, aggregates, and even HNgY crystals, and areas that appear promising for further study include the extension of argon chemistry, preparation of new bonds with noble- gas atoms, and studies of radon compounds.
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Noble-gas chemistry has been undergoing a renaissance in recent years, due in large part to noble-gas hydrides, HNgY, where Ng = noble-gas atom and Y = electronegative fragment. These molecules are exceptional because of their relatively weak bonding and large dipole moments, which lead to strongly enhanced effects of the environment, complexation, and reactions. In this Account, we discuss the matrix-isolation synthesis of noble-gas hydrides, their spectroscopic and structural properties, and their stabilities. This family of species was discovered in 1995 and now has 23 members that are prepared in noble-gas matrices (HXeBr, HKrCl, HXeH, HXeOH, HXeO, etc.). The preparations of the first neutral argon molecule, HArF, and halogen-free organic noble-gas molecules (HXeCCH, HXeCC, HKrCCH, etc.) are important highlights of the field. These molecules are formed by the neutral H + Ng + Y channel. The first addition reaction involving HNgY molecules was HXeCC + Xe + H → HXeCCXeH, and this led to the first hydrid...

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