However, later researchers claimed that the product was iodine perchlorate.[3] So far, however, there is no certain evidence for the existence of iodine perchlorate either.
The structure of chlorine tetroxide is uncertain; the molecular point group may be Cs, C2v, or Td.[5]
In a solid oxygen matrix ClO4 reacts to form ClO6Cl, which has three double bonded oxygen atoms, and a chain of three oxygen atoms -O-O-O• attached to the chlorine.[5]
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