Various aspects of the reactivity of the xenon(VI) oxyfluoride: XeOF4

In the liquid state XeOF4 exhibits an amphoteric behaviour : its ability to form complexes with the strong Lewis base CsF and the strong Lewis acid SbF5 has been established earlier. Its relative stability toward reduction is discussed.In the gas phase, the sensitization of its dissociation giving Xenon tetrafluoride and oxygen is performed using SF6 excited by a pulsed CO2 laser. This experiment shows an efficiency 60 times greater than the multiphoton dissociation for equal energies. These last results have been explained by a theory of the vibrational intermolecular transfer for molecules in their quasi continuum.