Chlorine oxide

Dichlorine heptoxide, Cl2O7

Chlorine and oxygen can bond in many ways:

  • chlorine monoxide radical, ClO•, chlorine (II) oxide radical
  • chloroperoxyl radical, ClOO•, chlorine (II) peroxide radical
  • chlorine dioxide, ClO2, chlorine (IV) oxide
  • chlorine trioxide radical, ClO3, chlorine (VI) oxide radical
  • chlorine tetroxide radical, ClO4, chlorine (VII) oxide radical
  • dichlorine monoxide, Cl2O, chlorine (I) oxide
  • chlorine peroxide, Cl2O2, dimer of chlorine monoxide radical or ClO dimer, chlorine (I) peroxide
    • chloryl chloride, ClO2Cl, chlorine (0,IV) oxide
    • chlorine chlorite, ClOClO, chlorine (I,III) oxide
  • dichlorine trioxide, Cl2O3 as O−Cl−ClO2, chlorine (III,V) oxide
    • dichlorine trioxide, Cl2O3 as possible isomer Cl−O−ClO2, chlorine (I,V) oxide
    • dichlorine trioxide, Cl2O3 as hypothetical isomer O−Cl−O−Cl−O, chlorine (III) oxide
  • dichlorine tetroxide, also known as chlorine perchlorate, Cl2O4 or ClOClO3, chlorine (I,VII) oxide
  • dichlorine pentoxide, Cl2O5 or ClOOClO3, is hypothetical
  • dichlorine hexoxide or chloryl perchlorate, Cl2O6 or [ClO2]+[ClO4], chlorine (V,VII) oxide
  • dichlorine heptoxide, Cl2O7, chlorine (VII) oxide
  • dichlorine octoxide, chlorine (VII) oxide peroxide or dimer of chlorine tetroxide radical, Cl2O8 or (OClO3)2

Several ions are also chlorine oxides:

See also

References

  • Chlorine oxoacids and structure of dichlorine oxides. Chem. Educator, Vol. 16, 2011, vol. 16, pp. 275—278
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