Neutral xenon hydrides in solid neon and their intrinsic stability

Halogen xenon hydrides ClXeH and BrXeH, their deuterated analogues, and tentatively the HXeH dihydrides were generated in solid neon matrices and characterized by infrared absorption spectroscopy. Preparation of these interesting species in the weakly interacting neon matrix, as well as extensive density functional theory calculations, suggests that their observation is not solely due to stabilization by the matrix but that they should be capable of independent existence.