Chlorine oxide
Appearance
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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:
- chloryl, ClO+2
- perchloryl, ClO+3
- hypochlorite, ClO−
- chlorite, ClO−2
- chlorate, ClO−3
- perchlorate, ClO−4
See also
[edit]- Oxygen fluoride(s), bromine oxide(s), iodine oxide(s) – analogous oxygen halide and halogen oxides
- Sulfur fluoride(s), sulfur chloride(s), sulfur bromide(s), sulfur iodide(s) – analogous sulfur halides, some of which are valence isoelectronic with chlorine oxides.