Why aren't there any trioxygenyl or ozonium salts? Or, why does our reaction of O-3 and PtF6 give O2PtF6?

Authors
Liebman, JF Paige, HL Passmore, J
Citation
Jf. Liebman et al., Why aren't there any trioxygenyl or ozonium salts? Or, why does our reaction of O-3 and PtF6 give O2PtF6?, STRUCT CHEM, 9(5), 1998, pp. 315-317
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
STRUCTURAL CHEMISTRY
ISSN journal
10400400 → ACNP
Volume
9
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
315 - 317
Database
ISI
SICI code
1040-0400(199810)9:5<315:WATATO>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
The reaction of ozone and gaseous platinum hexafluoride led to O2PtF6(s) an d not the desired O3PtF6(s). Suggestions as to why the synthesis of O3PtF6( s) failed are made in terms of the known chemistry of the gaseous O-3(+) ca tion with O-5(+) proposed as an intermediate.