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Chlorine oxide
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Chlorine
and
oxygen
can
bond
in a number of ways:
chlorine monoxide
radical, ClO•, chlorine (II) oxide radical
chloroperoxyl radical, ClOO•, chlorine (II) peroxide radical
chlorine dioxide
, ClO2, chlorine (IV) oxide
chlorine trioxide
radical, ClO3•, chlorine (VI) oxide radical
chlorine tetroxide
radical, ClO4•, chlorine (VII) oxide radical
dichlorine monoxide
, Cl2O, chlorine (I) oxide
chlorine peroxide
, Cl2O2, dimer of chlorine monoxide radical or ClO dimer, chlorine (I) peroxide
chloryl chloride, ClO2Cl, chlorine (0,IV) oxide
chlorine chlorite, ClOClO, chlorine (I,III) oxide
dichlorine trioxide
, Cl2O3 as O−Cl−ClO2, chlorine (III,V) oxide
dichlorine trioxide, Cl2O3 as possible isomer Cl−O−ClO2, chlorine (I,V) oxide
dichlorine trioxide, Cl2O3 as hypothetical isomer O−Cl−O−Cl−O, chlorine (III) oxide
dichlorine tetroxide, also known as
chlorine perchlorate
, Cl2O4 or ClOClO3, chlorine (I,VII) oxide
dichlorine pentoxide
, Cl2O5 or ClOOClO3, is hypothetical
dichlorine hexoxide
or chloryl perchlorate, Cl2O6 or [ClO2]+[ClO4]−, chlorine (V,VII) oxide
dichlorine heptoxide
, Cl2O7, chlorine (VII) oxide
dichlorine octoxide, chlorine (VII) oxide peroxide or dimer of chlorine tetroxide radical, Cl2O8 or (OClO3)2
Several ions are also chlorine oxides:
chloryl
, ClO+2
perchloryl
, ClO+3
hypochlorite
, ClO−
chlorite
, ClO−2
chlorate
, ClO−3
perchlorate
, ClO−4