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Element of the Day Barium • • • • • • • Ba At. # 56 At. Wt. 137.327 (7) [Xe]6s2 Ox. St. +2 MP = 1000 K BP = 2143 K 298 K solid state • 1808 - Sir Humphry Davy, England • Soft metallic • Silvery/white • Green flame • Easily oxidized (water, alcohol) Uses of Barium • • • • • • White pigment in paints Glass Carbonate form - rat poison Sulfate form - X-ray diagnostics (insoluble) Barite form - oil well drilling fluids; rubber Nitrate & Chlorate forms - fireworks Ba(SbF6)25XeF2: First Xenon(II) Compound with Barium. Synthesis, Vibrational Spectra, and Crystal Structure Inorganic Chemistry 2002, 41, 5521-5524 Department of Inorganic Chemistry and Technology, Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia Presented by Jocelyn Carswell - 02/12/02 Introduction • Metal (II) fluorides of alkaline earths react with Lewis acids in anhydrous HF • Product has “naked” metal center surrounded by weakly interacting AF6anions to coordinate weak ligands in solvent (A = As, Sb) • Good starting point for new coordination compounds from various ligand donors 1 • Use moderately strong ligand donor XeF2 • Previously two alkaline earth compounds with XeF2 bound to metal center were isolated (Ca, Sr) • This paper - first xenon (II) compound of barium; first xenon (II) compound in hexafluoroantimonates (V) of alkaline earth series • Ba(SbF6)25XeF2 mentioned previously but no mention of synthesis or structure • Preparation of Ba(SbF6)2: – BaF2 into PFA trap, SbF5 sublimated into trap, aHF condensed into trap – Reaction time: 5 minutes – Cool to room temperature, remove excess aHF and SbF5 – Product is white solid – Product verification by total F content: 37.5% Experimental • All volatile materials dealt with under vacuum in Teflon PFA or FEP vessels for minimal chemical interference • Nonvolatile materials sensitive to moisture used in drybox of Argon atmosphere; subsequent reactions in PFA/FEP vessels to minimize moisture absorption (< 1 ppm water vapour) • Synthesis of Ba(SbF6)25XeF2: – Ba(SbF6)2 in PFA trap, aHF condensed into trap – Clear, colourless solution formed – Sublimation of XeF2 into solution – Warm to room temperature, removal of excess aHF and XeF2 – White solid formed after 24 hours 2 Crystal Structure • Preparation of Single Crystals: – White solid in one leg of two legged PFA reaction vessel, aHF condensed into solution – Solution kept at 291 K, other leg cooled with water to 283 K – Slow transfer of aHF out of solution deposits colourless single crystals • Product Analysis Elemental Analysis • Free and total fluoride ions determined by fluoride ion selective electrode • Barium determined by titration with EDTA • Antimony determined by redox titration • Mass percentages were calculated • Theoretical values and experimental values within 0.1% • Formula unit two alternating layers • Layer 1 - heavy atom center of symmetry • Ba ions nearly rhombic net array • In rhombic plane, Ba ion - center of F rectangle • Sb species centered in edge of rhombus; linked to two Ba ions via F bridging • XeF2 centered in rhombus, perpendicular to plane of the layer 3 • Xe in plane interacts with 12 F ligands • Layer 2 - XeF2 molecules • Layer 2 holds structure together via F ligand coordination • Note: Ba from Layer 1 is above Xe in Layer 2, repeating structure • R: 521 cm-1 F ligands on Xe2 • R: 510 cm-1 F ligands on other Xe (same vibration) • R: 653, 592, 581 cm-1 distorted SbF6octahedral formation • IR: 673, 636 cm-1 octahedral formation of Sb complex • IR: XeF2 vibrations IR and Raman Spectroscopy • FT-IR spectrometer • Powder sample between silver chloride plates in brass cell (IR analysis) • Solid sample in PFA reaction vessel (Raman analysis) Conclusions • Synthesis: – hexafluorometalate anions are poor Lewis base solvents, so even aHF (a poor Lewis base solvent) ensures solvation of cations – addition of XeF2 (stronger Lewis base) gives environment where Ba ions cannot withdraw F ligands from Xe and must instead coordinate them (effective competition between Sb and Xe molecules based on energy provision) 4 Conclusions • Structure: – degrees of Lewis basicity witnessed in Ba-F bond distance comparison for Xe and Sb molecules – Xe1 interacts with other Xe molecules, similar to semi-ionic solid – Xe2 are well anchored with little vibration witnessed due to Xe1 interactions – Xe2 ligands are pulled into Layer 1 – Space group symmetry is C2/m Reference • Turicnik, Benkic, Zemva. Ba(SbF6)25XeF2: First Xenon(II) Compound with Barium. Synthesis, Vibrational Spectra, and Crystal Structure. Inorg. Chem. 2002, 41, 55215524. 5