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Grade 10Physical Chemistry

do noble gases form coordinate bond?comment

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10 Years agoGrade 10
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Profile image of Kalyani Jayachandran Menon
10 Years ago
Coordination compounds such as Ar·BF3 have been postulated to exist at low temperatures, but have never been confirmed. Also, compounds such as WHe2 and HgHe2 were reported to have been formed by electron bombardment, but recent research has shown that these are probably the result of He being adsorbed on the surface of the metal; therefore, these compounds cannot truly be considered chemical compounds.