Russian Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 42, No. 12, 1997, pp. 1779 1785. Translated from Zhurnal Neorganicheskoi Khimii, Vol. 42, No. 12, 1997, pp. 1941 1947. Original Russian Text Copyright 1997 by Blatov, Serezhkin, Buslaev, Kokunov.
Environments of Tellurium, Iodine, and Xenon in Fluoride Structures
V. A. Blatov*, V. N. Serezhkin**, Yu. A. Buslaev**, and Yu. V. Kokunov**
* Samara State University, Samara, Russia
** Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 31, Moscow, 117907 Russia
Received February 4, 1997
Abstract Fluorine compounds of tellurium, iodine, and xenon are investigated with the use of the Voronoi Dirichlet polyhedra (VDPs). The atomic influence regions of Te, I, and Xe have constant values to an accuracy of the structural experiment at the given oxidation number. The stereochemistry of Te(IV), I(V), and Xe(VI) complexes containing a stereoactive electron pair are examined. Some of the VDP parameters are shown to regularly vary in the specified series of complexes and can act as the measure of distortion of the atom coordination sphere.