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Extract from chalcogen article 25/8/14
Atomic and physical
Chalcogens show similar patterns in electron configuration, especially in the outermost shells, where they all have the same number of valence electrons, resulting in similar trends in chemical behavior:
| Z | Element | Electronic configuration | Electron Affinity (eV)[1] | Ionisation potential[2] | Electronegativity[2] | Common oxidation states[3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | oxygen | [He]2s2 2p4 | 1.461 | 13.61805 | 3.44 | –2 |
| 16 | sulfur | [Ne] 3s2 3p4 | 2.077 | 10.36001 | 2.58 | -2, 2,4,6 |
| 34 | selenium | [Ar] 3d10 4s2 4p4 | 2.021 | 9.75239 | 2.55 | -2, 2, 4, 6 |
| 52 | tellurium | [Kr] 4d10 5s2 5p4 | 1.971 | 9.0096 | 2.1 | -2, 2, 4, 6 |
| 84 | polonium | [Xe] 4f14 5d10 6s2 6p4 | 1.9 | 8.414 | 2.0 | -2, 2, 4 |
| 116 | livermorium | [Rn] 5f14 6d10 7s2 7p4 (predicted)[4] | 7.5 (predicted)[5] | 2, 4 (predicted)[5] |
| Element | Melting point °C | Boiling point °C [6] | Density at STP (g/cm3) | Reference | State & color (STP) stable allotrope | structure stable allotrope | Band gap [7] | Other allotropes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxygen | −219 | −183 | gas , colorless | O2 | insulator | O3 | ||
| Sulfur | 120 | 445 | 2.07 | [6] | solid, yellow, | S8, puckered rings | insulator | many , ring structures and polymeric |
| Selenium | 221 | 685 | 4.18 | [8] | solid grey metallic | Se∝ helical chains | 178 | ring structures |
| Tellurium | 450 | 988 | 6.25 | [9] | solid, grey metallic | Te∝ helical chains | 32.2 | |
| Polonium | 254 | 962 | 9.2 | [6] | solid, metal | simple cubic | 0 | |
| Livermorium | (435)[10] | (812)[10] | (12.9)[5] |
| Element |
|---|
| Oxygen |
| Sulfur |
| Selenium |
| Tellurium |
| Polonium |
All chalcogens have six valence electrons. All of the solid, stable chalcogens are soft[11] and do not conduct heat well.[6] Electronegativity decreases towards the chalcogens with higher atomic numbers. Density, melting and boiling points, and atomic and ionic radii[12] tend to increase towards the chalcogens with higher atomic numbers.[6]
Trends in chalcogen chemistry
Greenwood _ Share tendency with group1 4, 15 elemnst to increasing metallic character with increasing atomic weight. O and s are insulators, Se and Te semiconductors and Po is a metal.
Te has some cationionic (basic ) caharcter and this is more pronounced in Po. Se is not apprciably attacked by dil. HCl Te dissolves to some extent in the presence of air Po dissolves readily . The structure and bonding of halides depends on both the electronegativity of the halogen and the oxidation state of the chalcogen, a ionic-covalent transition similar to that seen for group 15 . All fo the chalcogens combine directly with most elemnts Se, Te and Po combine less reqdily than O and S. The chalcogenides Se Te and Po form stable chalcogenides (M2-) with groups 1,2 and the lanthanides. compounds of Se, Te and Po with the more electronegative elemnts O,F,Cl have O states of 2,4 and 6. these compounds are less stable than corresponding compounds of S. Few analogues of the extensive range of Sulfur-nitrogen compounds. Decreasing thermal stability of hydrides with increasing atomic number. Se and Te share with s the propensity to catenate althogh to alesser extent. Diminution of stabilty of double bonds (e.g. to C, N and O) with increasing atomic number. CO2 iand to alesser extent CS2 are stable but CSe2 polymerises, SeCTE is unstable and CTe2 is unknown. SO2 is a non-linear molecule wheras SeO2 is a chain polymer, TeO2 has a layer or 3D structure. PoO2 adopts a typical ionic fluorite structure with 8 coordinate Po atoms. Double bonds are less readily formed the greater greater the electronegativity difference between them and the smaller the sum of their electronegativities. Se like other elemnts following the first transtion (3d series) shows a resistance to oxidation to its oxidation state VI. HNO3 readily oxidies S to H"SO4 wheras selenium only gibves H2SeO3. Dehydration of H2SO4 with P2O5 gives SO3 whears H2SeO4 produces SeO2 and O2. S forms many sulfones R2SO2 but relativley few selenoes are known.
SeO3 is unstable with respect to the dioxide ; wheras SO3 and TeO3 are not. SO3 in the solid is trimeric, SeO3 is tetrameric, wheras TeO3 has a structure similar to FeF3 with octahedral coorinated Te atoms sharing vertices to give a 3 dimensional structure. TeO3 is unaffected by water but is a strong ox agent when heated with metals.
TMe6 is much more stable than TeMe4.
HOWI (English)
Bonding Selenium has a lower tendency than S to form double bonds, p-p pi and p d pi bonds. Se is less likely to form elemnt elemnt bonds; H2Se2 is unstable unlike H2S2. Se2O52- has the structure O2Se-O-SeO2 wheras S2O52- is O2S-SO3. Tellurium forms double bonds less readily than selenium. The ability to form clusters where Te ah a coordination number >2 is greater than that of Selenium. H2Te is highly endothermic+99.6 kJ/mol. Te2I is an intercalation compound with I2 between layers of Te. TeO2 has highre coordination number of 4 than Se in SeO2 but lower than that of Po in PoO2 (8). H2TeO6 is actually Te(OH)6 unlike H2SO6 which is a hydrate H2SO4.H2O. Te forms t eTeO66- ion which is octahedral. (The first SeO6 compound Na12(SeO6)(SeO4)3 (in deVillanova 2007 along with SeO54-). Te forms solid TeO3. TMe6 is known
Hosecroft HSAB theory trends stability of complexes with chalcogen ions or ligands containing these donor atoms with hard ions shows the sequence O>> S>Se>Te wheras with soft ions O<<S >Se ~ Te.
Typical hard donors (O donor) include ROH, R2O, RO- Typical S donor ligands incudes RSH, R2S, RS-.