Editing Xenon (section)

=== Other compounds ===
Xenon can be directly bonded to a less electronegative element than fluorine or oxygen, particularly [[carbon]].<ref>{{cite book
| title     = Advances in Inorganic Chemistry
| author    = Holloway, John H.
| author2   = Hope, Eric G.
| others    = Contributor A. G. Sykes
| publisher = Academic Press
| year      = 1998
| isbn      = 0-12-023646-X
| url       = https://books.google.com/books?id=6iqXRtz6p3QC&pg=PA61
| pages     = 61–90
}}</ref> Electron-withdrawing groups, such as groups with fluorine substitution, are necessary to stabilize these compounds.<ref name="henderson" /> Numerous such compounds have been characterized, including:<ref name="mackay1" /><ref>{{cite journal
| title   = C<sub>6</sub>F<sub>5</sub>XeF, a versatile starting material in xenon–carbon chemistry
| year    = 2004
| last1   = Frohn
| first1  = H.
| journal = Journal of Fluorine Chemistry
| volume  = 125
| issue   = 6
| pages   = 981–988
| doi     = 10.1016/j.jfluchem.2004.01.019
| last2   = Theißen
| first2  = Michael
}}</ref>
* {{chem|C|6|F|5|–Xe|+|–N≡C–CH|3}}, where C<sub>6</sub>F<sub>5</sub> is the pentafluorophenyl group.
* {{chem|[C|6|F|5|]|2|Xe}}
* {{chem|C|6|F|5|–Xe–C≡N}}
* {{chem|C|6|F|5|–Xe–F}}
* {{chem|C|6|F|5|–Xe–Cl}}
* {{chem|C|2|F|5|–C≡C–Xe|+}}
* {{chem|[C|H|3|]|3|C–C≡C–Xe|+}}
* {{chem|C|6|F|5|–XeF|2|+}}
* {{chem|(C|6|F|5|Xe)|2|Cl|+}}

Other compounds containing xenon bonded to a less electronegative element include {{chem|F–Xe–N(SO|2|F)|2}} and {{chem|F–Xe–BF|2}}. The latter is synthesized from [[dioxygenyl]] tetrafluoroborate, {{chem|O|2|BF|4}}, at −100&nbsp;°C.<ref name="mackay1" /><ref>{{cite journal
| doi     = 10.1021/ja00764a022
| title   = Reaction of xenon with dioxygenyl tetrafluoroborate. Preparation of FXe-BF<sub>2</sub>
| date    = 1972
| last    = Goetschel
| first   = Charles T.
| author2 = Loos, Karl R.
| journal = Journal of the American Chemical Society
| volume  = 94
| issue   = 9
| pages   = 3018–3021
| bibcode = 1972JAChS..94.3018G
}}</ref>

An unusual ion containing xenon is the [[tetraxenonogold(II)]] cation, {{chem|AuXe|4|2+}}, which contains Xe–Au bonds.<ref name="waikeeli2">{{cite book
| title     = Advanced Structural Inorganic Chemistry
| author    = Li, Wai-Kee
| author2   = Zhou, Gong-Du
| author3   = Mak, Thomas C. W.
| editor    = Gong-Du Zhou
| editor2   = Thomas C. W. Mak
| publisher = [[Oxford University Press]]
| date      = 2008
| isbn      = 978-0-19-921694-9
| url       = https://books.google.com/books?id=2qAa5hp6KX4C&pg=PA678
| page      = 678
}}</ref> This ion occurs in the compound {{chem|AuXe|4|(Sb|2|F|11|)|2}}, and is remarkable in having direct chemical bonds between two notoriously unreactive atoms, xenon and [[gold]], with xenon acting as a transition metal ligand. A similar mercury complex (HgXe)(Sb<sub>3</sub>F<sub>17</sub>) (formulated as [HgXe<sup>2+</sup>][Sb<sub>2</sub>F<sub>11</sub><sup>–</sup>][SbF<sub>6</sub><sup>–</sup>]) is also known.<ref>{{Cite journal
| last1    = Hwang
| first1   = In-Chul
| last2    = Seidel
| first2   = Stefan
| last3    = Seppelt
| first3   = Konrad
| date     = September 22, 2003
| title    = Gold( I ) and Mercury( II ) Xenon Complexes
| url      = https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.200351208
| journal  = Angewandte Chemie International Edition
| language = en
| volume   = 42
| issue    = 36
| pages    = 4392–4395
| doi      = 10.1002/anie.200351208
| pmid     = 14502720
| issn     = 1433-7851
}}</ref>

The compound {{chem|Xe|2|Sb|2|F|11}} contains a Xe–Xe bond, the longest element-element bond known (308.71&nbsp;pm = 3.0871&nbsp;[[Angstrom|Å]]).<ref>{{cite book
| title      = Advanced Structural Inorganic Chemistry
| url        = https://archive.org/details/advancedstructur00liwa
| url-access = limited
| first1     = Wai-Kee
| last1      = Li
| first2     = Gong-Du
| last2      = Zhou
| first3     = Thomas C. W.
| last3      = Mak
| publisher  = Oxford University Press
| date       = 2008
| isbn       = 978-0-19-921694-9
| page       = [https://archive.org/details/advancedstructur00liwa/page/n696 674]
}}</ref>

In 1995, M. Räsänen and co-workers, scientists at the [[University of Helsinki]] in [[Finland]], announced the preparation of xenon dihydride (HXeH), and later xenon hydride-hydroxide (HXeOH), hydroxenoacetylene (HXeCCH), and other Xe-containing molecules.<ref>{{cite journal
| last    = Gerber
| first   = R. B.
| date    = 2004
| doi     = 10.1146/annurev.physchem.55.091602.094420
| title   = Formation of novel rare-gas molecules in low-temperature matrices
| journal = Annual Review of Physical Chemistry
| volume  = 55
| issue   = 1
| pages   = 55–78
| pmid    = 15117247
| bibcode = 2004ARPC...55...55G
}}</ref> In 2008, Khriachtchev ''et al.'' reported the preparation of HXeOXeH by the [[photolysis]] of water within a [[cryogenic]] xenon matrix.<ref>{{cite journal
| last    = Khriachtchev
| first   = Leonid
| author2 = Isokoski, Karoliina
| author3 = Cohen, Arik
| author4 = Räsänen, Markku
| author5 = Gerber, R. Benny
| title   = A Small Neutral Molecule with Two Noble-Gas Atoms: HXeOXeH
| journal = Journal of the American Chemical Society
| year    = 2008
| volume  = 130
| issue   = 19
| pages   = 6114–8
| doi     = 10.1021/ja077835v
| pmid    = 18407641
| bibcode = 2008JAChS.130.6114K
}}</ref> [[Deuterium|Deuterated]] molecules, HXeOD and DXeOH, have also been produced.<ref>{{cite journal
| last    = Pettersson
| first   = Mika
| author2 = Khriachtchev, Leonid
| author3 = Lundell, Jan
| author4 = Räsänen, Markku
| title   = A Chemical Compound Formed from Water and Xenon: HXeOH
| date    = 1999
| journal = Journal of the American Chemical Society
| volume  = 121
| issue   = 50
| pages   = 11904–905
| doi     = 10.1021/ja9932784
| bibcode = 1999JAChS.12111904P
}}</ref>