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Theoretical chemistry of sulfur
Chlorates, bromates, and iodates are all possible because oxygen is more electronegative than the respective halogens and are capable of being
oxydised by oxygen (I believe). Sulfur behaves much like oxygen and can usualy form compounds where it is in the place of oxygen, but it cannot do
this with the halogens because they are more electronegative than it. Recently I found the astatine is less electonegative than sulfur! So I wondered
would an ion be possible that is like an astatate except with sulfur in the place of oxygen?
(Sorry if this belongs in beginings. Feel free to move it there.)
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There's a mention of Astatine (note spelling) compounds with sulphur in Wiki.
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The only problem is availability of Astatine.
TTBOMK it is one of the rarest of rare elements. Following quote is from webelements website:
Astatine is not found in any significant quantity in the geosphere. Some isotopes of astatine (215At, 218At and 219At) are present in uranium and
thorium minerals as part of radiodecay series. The total amount present in the Earth's crust is probably less than 30 g at any one time.
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Astate does exist!
But the answer is 'no'. Because 'ate' means largest number of oxygen (not sulfur) atoms in anion with that compound. There are lots of '-ate' anions:
nitrate, sulfate, chlorate, nickelate, palladate, aurate, bismuthate (i saw this user here), phosphate, iodate, bromate, ferrate, aluminate, zincate,
gallate, rhodate, rhenate, fluorate, argentate, molybdate, manganate...
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gsd, that is why it's theoretical chemistry.
blogfast25, I saw and I found it interesting, but what I was thinking about was the possibility of the AtS3- ion or compounds like NaAtS3. Also sorry
about the spelling I don't know why I instictivly spell it that way.
homelandsecurity there's thiobismuthate, thiocarbonate, and many more.
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Quote: Originally posted by bismuthate  | | blogfast25, I saw and I found it interesting, but what I was thinking about was the possibility of the AtS3- ion or compounds like NaAtS3. [Edited on
30-11-2013 by bismuthate] |
Well, just because Wiki doesn't mention it doesn't mean it can't exist of course. Your thioastatate suggests an oxidation state of V. If a (for now
hypothetical) At<sub>2</sub>S<sub>5</sub> could exist then chances are that a thioastatate V could exist too. I doubt if that
is possible though, because S isn't (I think) electronegative enough.
Wiki mentions for polonium (somewhat similar to At) a monosulphide (presumably PoS). Perhaps an At<sub>2</sub>S can be imagined? From
which a hypo thioastatate, AtS<sup>-</sup>, could be envisaged? All pure speculation of course...
Astatate, like chlorate, bromate etc. Not 'astate'.
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Well At has an electronegativity of a mere 2.2 acording to wiki while S has an electronegativity of 2.58! This is a decent difference between the two
(more than the difference between Cl and O). My theoretical preperation would be to mix an excess of astatine with sodium hydrosulfide and heat. The
reaction would go like this:
6At+6NaHS==>5NaAt+NaAtS3+3H2S
Very much the same way that chlorates are produced.
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Electronegativity is far from the only thing to consider here. Also, for a given element it increases with the oxidation state of the atom. The values
you quote could be called the 'first electronegativity', but they say precious little about Astatine's willingness to share a second, third etc
electron with sulphur atoms.
Much the same way chlorates are produced? I'd say it couldn't be more different!
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It was replacing the O with S and the Cl with At in the reaction. I couldn't find the other electronegativity values, but I found wiki states it has a
V oxidation state.
I can't find the 2nd ionization energy.
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You won't, nor would it be particularly useful. The (oxo) astatates would be held together by bonds somewhere between covalent and ionic. See for
instance the structure of the chlorate anion.
Simply replacing atoms by others on a piece of paper has nothing to do with "production". There's only so far simple analogies can take you.
Going back to electronegativity, that concept is best used for predicting whether certain simple binary compounds are likely to form and what will be
the nature of the chemical bond between the atoms. a simple At-S bond is likely to be polarised with a partial negative charge on the S atom and a
partial positive charge on the At atom. But that doesn't imply more complicated arrangements will be viable.
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Ok. Well is there a way to calculate 2nd-5th electronegativity?
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Possibly but that won't really help you out either. It's too reductionist.
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Is there another way to find out if compounds are possible?
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At the end of the day it boils down to whether the compound has a negative ΔG (Gibbs Free Energy) of Formation or not. If
ΔG<sub>Formation</sub> < 0 the compound is stable and will not spontaneously fall apart. ΔG<sub>Formation</sub>
is itself a sum of various terms, some of which may be negative, others positive.
To get an idea of the complexity, look at the Born-Haber Cycle for simple (binary) ionic compounds:
http://www.wyzant.com/resources/lessons/science/chemistry/bo...
And this doesn't even tell you anything about Entropic effects: ΔG = ΔH - TΔS 
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Some how I'm doubting I'll be able to find all the needed info on astantine.
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That's a safe bet.
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