Xenic acid is a proposed

noble gas compound In chemistry, noble gas compounds are chemical compounds that include an element from the noble gases, group 8 or 18 of the periodic table. Although the noble gases are generally unreactive elements, many such compounds have been observed, parti ...

with the chemical formula H₂XeO₄ or XeO₂(OH)₂. It has not been isolated, and the published characterization data are ambiguous.

Salts In chemistry, a salt or ionic compound is a chemical compound consisting of an assembly of positively charged ions ( cations) and negatively charged ions (anions), which results in a compound with no net electric charge (electrically neutral). ...

of xenic acid are called ''xenates'', containing the anion, such as monosodium xenate. They tend to

disproportionate In chemistry, disproportionation, sometimes called dismutation, is a redox reaction in which one compound of intermediate oxidation state converts to two compounds, one of higher and one of lower oxidation state. The reverse of disproportionatio ...

into xenon gas and perxenates: :2 + 2 → + Xe + + 2 The energy given off is sufficient to form ozone from diatomic oxygen: :3 (g) → 2 (g) Salts containing the

deprotonated Deprotonation (or dehydronation) is the removal (transfer) of a proton (or hydron, or hydrogen cation), (H+) from a Brønsted–Lowry acid in an acid–base reaction.Henry Jakubowski, Biochemistry Online Chapter 2A3, https://employees.csbsju.ed ...

anion are presently unknown.

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