Xenon oxydifluoride is an inorganic compound with the molecular formula XeOF₂. The first definitive isolation of the compound was published on 3 March 2007, producing it by the previously-examined route of partial

hydrolysis Hydrolysis (; ) is any chemical reaction in which a molecule of water breaks one or more chemical bonds. The term is used broadly for substitution, elimination, and solvation reactions in which water is the nucleophile. Biological hydrolys ...

xenon tetrafluoride Xenon tetrafluoride is a chemical compound with chemical formula . It was the first discovered binary compound of a noble gas. It is produced by the chemical reaction of xenon with fluorine: : Xe + 2 → This reaction is exothermic, rele ...

. : The compound has a T-shaped geometry and does not form

polymers A polymer (; Greek '' poly-'', "many" + ''-mer'', "part") is a substance or material consisting of very large molecules called macromolecules, composed of many repeating subunits. Due to their broad spectrum of properties, both synthetic an ...

, though it does form an

adduct An adduct (from the Latin ''adductus'', "drawn toward" alternatively, a contraction of "addition product") is a product of a direct addition of two or more distinct molecules, resulting in a single reaction product containing all atoms of all co ...

with acetonitrile and with hydrogen fluoride. Although stable at low temperatures, it rapidly decomposes upon warming, either by losing the oxygen atom or by disproportionating into

xenon difluoride Xenon difluoride is a powerful fluorinating agent with the chemical formula , and one of the most stable xenon compounds. Like most covalent inorganic fluorides it is moisture-sensitive. It decomposes on contact with water vapor, but is otherw ...

and xenon dioxydifluoride: : :

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{{Fluorine compounds Xenon(IV) compounds Oxyfluorides Substances discovered in the 2000s