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. 2020 May 6;8:395. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2020.00395

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Scheme 1 — (A) Electron donors, expected directionality, location of the stereoactive lone pairs in XeF₂ and complexes 1–6. (B) Expected directionality, location of the stereoactive lone pairs in XeF₃ and complexes 7–12. (C) Expected directionality, location of the stereoactive lone pairs in XeF₄ and complexes 13–18. (D) Expected directionality, location of the stereo-active lone pair in XeF₅ and complexes 19–24. (E) fluxionality of the lone pair in XeF₆ and complexes 25–30.