V. Pershina et B. Fricke, GROUP-6 OXYCHLORIDES MOCL(4), WHERE M=MO, W, AND ELEMENT-106 (SG) - ELECTRONIC-STRUCTURE AND THERMOCHEMICAL STABILITY, Journal of physical chemistry, 99(1), 1995, pp. 144-147
Results of the Dirac-Slater discrete variational calculations are pres
ented for the group 6 oxide tetrachlorides MOCl(4) (M = Mo, W, and ele
ment 106 Sg). Estimates of the bond strength have shown that the stabi
lity of SgOCl(4) toward thermal decomposition with respect to a loss o
f a chlorine atom is of the order of the stability of MoOCl4 losing ch
lorine at 25 degrees C. The estimated formation enthalpy of SgOCl(4) o
f -114 +/- 6 kcal/mol is less negative than those of the lighter homol
ogs.