draw the structure and VBT diagram of XeO3... please its urgent ..
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Xenon trioxide is an unstable compound of xenon in its +6 oxidation state. It is a very powerful oxidizing agent, and liberates oxygen from water slowly, accelerated by exposure to sunlight. It is dangerously explosive upon contact with organic materials. When it detonates, it releases xenon and oxygen gas.
Xenon trioxide is a strong oxidising agent and can oxidise most substances that are at all oxidisable. However, it is slow-acting and this reduces its usefulness.[2]
Above 25 °C, xenon trioxide is very prone to violent explosion:
2 XeO3 → 2 Xe + 3 O2 (ΔHf = −402 kJ/mol)
When it dissolves in water, an acidic solution of xenic acid is formed:
XeO3(aq) + H2O → H2XeO4 ⇌ H+ + HXeO−
4
This solution is stable at room temperature and lacks the explosive properties of xenon trioxide. It oxidises carboxylic acids quantitatively to carbon dioxide and water.[3]
Alternatively, it dissolves in alkaline solutions to form xenates. The HXeO−
4 anion is the predominant species in xenate solutions.[4] These are not stable and begin to disproportionate into perxenates (+8 oxidation state) and xenon and oxygen gas.[5] Solid perxenates containing XeO4−
6 have been isolated by reacting XeO
3 with an aqueous solution of hydroxides. Xenon trioxide reacts with inorganic fluorides such as KF, RbF, or CsF to form stable solids of the form MXeO
3F.[6]
