Talk:Xenon tetrachloride

Existence

Even ICl5 and TeCl6 are not available. Certainly chlorine won't be able to oxidize XeCl2 (if existing) to XeCl4. If any Xe(IV) is available, it will be cationic forms like XeF2Cl+. Chlorine is a bulkier atom compared to the period 2 elements (excluding Li & Be) and its electronegativity is comparable with that of carbon (C ≈ Cl < N). Anoop Manakkalath (talk) 14:25, 4 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Our article does note (with cite) that the chemical is unstable and discusses several routes that don't work. The two cited methods of making this chemical are quite unlike the reaction you are proposing and analyzing, each of which cite a reliable source. In particular, the decay-technique article specifically supports that their product is neutral, and might only exist for as little as 10^–9 seconds before decomposing. Maybe you could find a direct reference for the application of your idea to this chemical, and propose some additional or changed article content here? DMacks (talk) 14:39, 4 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

In that case we can create an article about helium compound HHeF/DHeF which can exists for 120ps or 14ns respectively. Anoop Manakkalath (talk) 17:21, 8 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]