Argon difluoride stabilized at high pressure

TL;DR

This paper presents a theoretical study of a novel high-pressure reaction pathway that could enable the synthesis of argon compounds in bulk and at room temperature, overcoming previous limitations.

Contribution

It introduces a new high-pressure reaction pathway for synthesizing argon compounds in bulk and at room temperature, expanding noble gas chemistry.

Findings

Potential for bulk argon compound synthesis at high pressure

Room temperature stability of argon compounds suggested

Theoretical pathway opens new avenues for noble gas chemistry

Abstract

On account of the rapid development of noble gas chemistry in the past half-century both xenon and krypton compounds can now be isolated in macroscopic quantities. The same though does not hold true for the next lighter group 18 element, argon, which forms only isolated molecules stable solely in low-temperature matrices or supersonic jet streams. Here we present theoretical investigations into a new high-pressure reaction pathway which enables synthesis of Ar-bearing compounds in bulk and at room temperature.