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Offline nj_bartel

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Interhalogens
« on: January 24, 2009, 08:41:18 PM »
What is it about these compounds that results in the vast majority of them being very unstable?
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Re: Interhalogens
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2009, 09:47:53 AM »
One probable reason: A-X bond in these compounds is weaker than X-X bond in halogens, these themselves being highly reactive.
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