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Superhalogens in the Design of Superacids

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Superhalogens

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H2SO4 is the strongest mineral acid having deprotonation energy as low as approximately 300 kcal/mol. Superacids possess even lower deprotonation energy than 300 kcal/mol, e.g., HSbF6. Note that SbF6 is a superhalogen. In this Chapter, the possibility of designing new superacids by protonation of superhalogen anions has been discussed. Using a variety of superhalogens, it has been found that their protonated complexes may indeed behave as superacids. Further, their acidity increases with the increase in the VDE of constituting anions. It has been emphasized that the protonation of superhalogen anions is a rational route to design new superacids.

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  1. Department of Physics, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

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Srivastava, A.K. (2023). Superhalogens in the Design of Superacids. In: Superhalogens. SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-37571-2_4

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