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SUBMITTER: Goesten MG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5601296 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Goesten Maarten G MG Rahm Martin M Bickelhaupt F Matthias FM Hensen Emiel J M EJM
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20170718 33
The T<sub>d</sub> -symmetric [CsO<sub>4</sub> ]<sup>+</sup> ion, featuring Cs in an oxidation state of 9, is computed to be a minimum. Cs uses outer core 5s and 5p orbitals to bind the oxygen atoms. The valence Cs 6s orbital lies too high to be involved in bonding, and contributes to Rydberg levels only. From a molecular orbital perspective, the bonding scheme is reminiscent of XeO<sub>4</sub> : an octet of electrons to bind electronegative ligands, and no low-lying acceptor orbitals on the cent ...[more]