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'''Pseudohalogens''' are polyatomic analogues of [[halogens]], whose chemistry, resembling that of the true [[halogens]], allows them to substitute for halogens in several classes of [[chemical compounds]].<ref>{{GoldBookRef|title=pseudohalogens|file = P04930}}</ref> Pseudohalogens occur in pseudohalogen molecules, [[inorganic]] [[molecules]] of the general forms ''Ps''–''Ps'' or ''Ps''–X (where ''Ps'' is a pseudohalogen group), such as [[cyanogen]]; pseudohalide anions, such as [[cyanide]] ion; inorganic acids, such as [[hydrogen cyanide]]; as [[ligand]]s in [[coordination complex]]es, such as [[ferricyanide]]; and as functional groups in organic molecules, such as the [[nitrile]] group. Well-known pseudohalogen functional groups include [[cyanide]], [[cyanate]], [[thiocyanate]], and [[azide]].
'''Pseudohalogens''' are polyatomic analogues of [[halogens]], whose chemistry, resembling that of the true [[halogens]], allows them to substitute for halogens in several classes of [[chemical compounds]].<ref>{{GoldBookRef|title=pseudohalogens|file = P04930}}</ref> Pseudohalogens occur in pseudohalogen molecules, [[inorganic]] [[molecules]] of the general forms ''Ps''–''Ps'' or ''Ps''–X (where ''Ps'' is a pseudohalogen group), such as [[cyanogen]]; pseudohalide anions, such as [[cyanide]] ion; inorganic acids, such as [[hydrogen cyanide]]; as [[ligand]]s in [[coordination complex]]es, such as [[ferricyanide]]; and as functional groups in organic molecules, such as the [[nitrile]] group. Well-known pseudohalogen functional groups include [[cyanide]], [[cyanate]], [[thiocyanate]], and [[azide]].


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! colspan="8" | True halogens
! colspan="8" | True halogens
|-
|-
| chloro || [[chlorine]]<br>(dichlorane) || [[Hydrogen chloride]]<br>(chlorane) || [[chloride]] || chlorido-<br />chloro- || [[Organochloride|-yl chloride]] || ~&nbsp;Cl || {{chem2|\sCl}}
| chloro || [[chlorine]]<br />(dichlorane) || [[Hydrogen chloride]]<br />(chlorane) || [[chloride]] || chlorido-<br />chloro- || [[Organochloride|-yl chloride]] || ~&nbsp;Cl || {{chem2|\sCl}}
|-
|-
! colspan="8" | Pseudohalogens
! colspan="8" | Pseudohalogens
|-
|-
| cyano || [[cyanogen]] || [[hydrogen cyanide]],<br>prussic acid,<br />formonitrile || [[cyanide]] || cyanido-<br />cyano- || -[[nitrile]]<br>-yl cyanide || ~&nbsp;CN || {{chem2|\sC\tN}}
| cyano || [[cyanogen]] || [[hydrogen cyanide]],<br />prussic acid,<br />formonitrile || [[cyanide]] || cyanido-<br />cyano- || -[[nitrile]]<br />-yl cyanide || ~&nbsp;CN || {{chem2|\sC\tN}}
|-
|-
| cyapho || [[cyaphogen]]|| [[Methylidynephosphane|phosphaethyne]] ||[[cyaphide]] || cyaphido-<br />cyapho- || -yl cyaphide || ~&nbsp;CP || {{chem2|\sC\tP}}
| cyapho || [[cyaphogen]]|| [[Methylidynephosphane|phosphaethyne]] ||[[cyaphide]] || cyaphido-<br />cyapho- || -yl cyaphide || ~&nbsp;CP || {{chem2|\sC\tP}}
|-
|-
| isocyano || [[isocyanogen]]|| [[hydrogen isocyanide]],<br />isohydrocyanic acid || [[isocyanide]] || isocyanido-<br />isocyano- || [[Isocyanide|-isonitrile]]<br>-yl isocyanide || ~&nbsp;NC || {{chem2|\sN+\tC−}}
| isocyano || [[isocyanogen]]|| [[hydrogen isocyanide]],<br />isohydrocyanic acid || [[isocyanide]] || isocyanido-<br />isocyano- || [[Isocyanide|-isonitrile]]<br />-yl isocyanide || ~&nbsp;NC || {{chem2|\sN+\tC−}}
|-
|-
| [[Hydroxy group|hydroxyl]] || [[hydrogen peroxide]]<br>(dioxidane) || [[water]]<br>(oxidane) || [[hydroxide]] || hydroxido-<br />hydroxy- || [[Alcohol (chemistry)|-ol]] || ~&nbsp;OH || {{chem2|\sO\sH}}
| [[Hydroxy group|hydroxyl]] || [[hydrogen peroxide]]<br />(dioxidane) || [[water]]<br />(oxidane) || [[hydroxide]] || hydroxido-<br />hydroxy- || [[Alcohol (chemistry)|-ol]] || ~&nbsp;OH || {{chem2|\sO\sH}}
|-
|-
| [[sulfanyl]] || [[hydrogen disulfide]]<br>(disulfane) || [[hydrogen sulfide]]<br>(sulfane) || [[Bisulfide|hydrosulfide]] || sulfanido-<br />thiolato- || [[Thiol|-thiol]]<br />-yl mercaptane || ~&nbsp;SH || {{chem2|\sS\sH}}
| [[sulfanyl]] || [[hydrogen disulfide]]<br />(disulfane) || [[hydrogen sulfide]]<br />(sulfane) || [[Bisulfide|hydrosulfide]] || sulfanido-<br />thiolato- || [[Thiol|-thiol]]<br />-yl mercaptane || ~&nbsp;SH || {{chem2|\sS\sH}}
|-
|-
| [[selanyl]]|| [[hydrogen diselenide]]<br>(diselane) || [[hydrogen selenide]]<br>(selane) || [[Biselenide|hydroselenide]]|| selanido-<br />selenolato- || [[Selenol|-selenol]] || ~&nbsp;SeH || {{chem2|\sSe\sH}}
| [[selanyl]]|| [[hydrogen diselenide]]<br />(diselane) || [[hydrogen selenide]]<br />(selane) || [[Biselenide|hydroselenide]]|| selanido-<br />selenolato- || [[Selenol|-selenol]] || ~&nbsp;SeH || {{chem2|\sSe\sH}}
|-
|-
| [[tellanyl]]|| [[hydrogen ditelluride]]<br>(ditellane) || [[hydrogen telluride]]<br>(tellane) || [[Bitelluride|hydrotelluride]]|| tellanido-<br />tellurolato- || [[Tellurol|-tellurol]] || ~&nbsp;TeH || {{chem2|\sTe\sH}}
| [[tellanyl]]|| [[hydrogen ditelluride]]<br />(ditellane) || [[hydrogen telluride]]<br />(tellane) || [[Bitelluride|hydrotelluride]]|| tellanido-<br />tellurolato- || [[Tellurol|-tellurol]] || ~&nbsp;TeH || {{chem2|\sTe\sH}}
|-
|-
| cyanate || [[dicyanodioxidane]]|| [[Isocyanic acid#Tautomerism|cyanic acid]] || [[cyanate]] || cyanato- || [[Cyanate ester|-yl cyanate]] || ~&nbsp;OCN || {{chem2|\sO\sC\tN}}
| cyanate || [[dicyanodioxidane]]|| [[Isocyanic acid#Tautomerism|cyanic acid]] || [[cyanate]] || cyanato- || [[Cyanate ester|-yl cyanate]] || ~&nbsp;OCN || {{chem2|\sO\sC\tN}}
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| tellurocyanate,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chemspider.com/Chemical-Structure.21865273.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121161246/http://www.chemspider.com/Chemical-Structure.21865273.html |archive-date=2021-11-21 |title=Tellurocyanate {{!}} CNTe {{!}} ChemSpider}}</ref><br />tellurorhodanide || [[tellurocyanogen]]|| [[tellurocyanic acid]]|| [[tellurocyanate]]|| tellurocyanato- || [[Tellurocyanate|-yl tellurocyanate]]|| ~&nbsp;TeCN || {{chem2|\sTe\sC\tN}}
| tellurocyanate,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chemspider.com/Chemical-Structure.21865273.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121161246/http://www.chemspider.com/Chemical-Structure.21865273.html |archive-date=2021-11-21 |title=Tellurocyanate {{!}} CNTe {{!}} ChemSpider}}</ref><br />tellurorhodanide || [[tellurocyanogen]]|| [[tellurocyanic acid]]|| [[tellurocyanate]]|| tellurocyanato- || [[Tellurocyanate|-yl tellurocyanate]]|| ~&nbsp;TeCN || {{chem2|\sTe\sC\tN}}
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| [[azide]] || [[azidogen]]|| [[hydrazoic acid]] || [[Azide#Inorganic azides|azide]] || azido- || [[Azide#Organic azides|-yl azide]] || ~&nbsp;{{chem2|N3}} || {{chem2|\sN−\sN+\tN}}<br>↕<br>{{chem2|\sN\dN+\dN−}}
| [[azide]] || [[azidogen]]|| [[hydrazoic acid]] || [[Azide#Inorganic azides|azide]] || azido- || [[Azide#Organic azides|-yl azide]] || ~&nbsp;{{chem2|N3}} || {{chem2|\sN−\sN+\tN}}<br />↕<br />{{chem2|\sN\dN+\dN−}}
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|-
| [[nitric oxide]] || [[dinitrogen dioxide]] || [[nitroxyl]] || [[Nitroxyl|nitroxide]] || [[Metal nitrosyl complex|nitrosyl]] || [[Nitroso|nitroso-]] || ~&nbsp;NO || {{chem2|\sN\dO}}
| [[nitric oxide]] || [[dinitrogen dioxide]] || [[nitroxyl]] || [[Nitroxyl|nitroxide]] || [[Metal nitrosyl complex|nitrosyl]] || [[Nitroso|nitroso-]] || ~&nbsp;NO || {{chem2|\sN\dO}}
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Pseudohalogens are polyatomic analogues of halogens, whose chemistry, resembling that of the true halogens, allows them to substitute for halogens in several classes of chemical compounds.[1] Pseudohalogens occur in pseudohalogen molecules, inorganic molecules of the general forms PsPs or Ps–X (where Ps is a pseudohalogen group), such as cyanogen; pseudohalide anions, such as cyanide ion; inorganic acids, such as hydrogen cyanide; as ligands in coordination complexes, such as ferricyanide; and as functional groups in organic molecules, such as the nitrile group. Well-known pseudohalogen functional groups include cyanide, cyanate, thiocyanate, and azide.

Common pseudohalogens and their nomenclature

Many pseudohalogens are known by specialized common names according to where they occur in a compound. Well-known ones include (the true halogen chlorine is listed for comparison):

Group Dimer Hydrogen compound Pseudohalide Ligand name In organic compounds Formula Structural formula
True halogens
chloro chlorine
(dichlorane)
Hydrogen chloride
(chlorane)
chloride chlorido-
chloro-
-yl chloride ~ Cl −Cl
Pseudohalogens
cyano cyanogen hydrogen cyanide,
prussic acid,
formonitrile
cyanide cyanido-
cyano-
-nitrile
-yl cyanide
~ CN −C≡N
cyapho cyaphogen phosphaethyne cyaphide cyaphido-
cyapho-
-yl cyaphide ~ CP −C≡P
isocyano isocyanogen hydrogen isocyanide,
isohydrocyanic acid
isocyanide isocyanido-
isocyano-
-isonitrile
-yl isocyanide
~ NC −N+≡C
hydroxyl hydrogen peroxide
(dioxidane)
water
(oxidane)
hydroxide hydroxido-
hydroxy-
-ol ~ OH −O−H
sulfanyl hydrogen disulfide
(disulfane)
hydrogen sulfide
(sulfane)
hydrosulfide sulfanido-
thiolato-
-thiol
-yl mercaptane
~ SH −S−H
selanyl hydrogen diselenide
(diselane)
hydrogen selenide
(selane)
hydroselenide selanido-
selenolato-
-selenol ~ SeH −Se−H
tellanyl hydrogen ditelluride
(ditellane)
hydrogen telluride
(tellane)
hydrotelluride tellanido-
tellurolato-
-tellurol ~ TeH −Te−H
cyanate dicyanodioxidane cyanic acid cyanate cyanato- -yl cyanate ~ OCN −O−C≡N
isocyanate isocyanogen isocyanic acid isocyanate isocyanato- -yl isocyanate ~ NCO −N=C=O
fulminate fulminogen fulminic acid fulminate fulminato- -nitrile oxide
-yl fulminate
~ CNO −C≡N+−O
thiocyanate,
rhodanide
thiocyanogen thiocyanic acid thiocyanate thiocyanato- -yl thiocyanate ~ SCN −S−C≡N
isothiocyanate isothiocyanogen isothiocyanic acid isothiocyanate isothiocyanato- -yl isothiocyanate ~ NCS −N=C=S
selenocyanate,
selenorhodanide
selenocyanogen selenocyanic acid selenocyanate selenocyanato- -yl selenocyanate ~ SeCN −Se−C≡N
tellurocyanate,[2]
tellurorhodanide
tellurocyanogen tellurocyanic acid tellurocyanate tellurocyanato- -yl tellurocyanate ~ TeCN −Te−C≡N
azide azidogen hydrazoic acid azide azido- -yl azide N3 −N−N+≡N

−N=N+=N
nitric oxide dinitrogen dioxide nitroxyl nitroxide nitrosyl nitroso- ~ NO −N=O
nitrogen dioxide dinitrogen tetroxide nitryl nitro- NO2 −NO2
cobalt carbonyl dicobalt octacarbonyl cobalt tetracarbonyl hydride tetracarbonylcobaltate Co(CO)4 −Co(C≡O)4
trinitromethanide hexanitroethane nitroform,
trinitromethane
trinitromethanide trinitromethanido- -yl trinitromethanide C(NO2)3 −C(−NO2)3
tricyanomethanide hexacyanoethane cyanoform,
tricyanomethane
tricyanomethanide tricyanomethanido- -yl tricyanomethanide C(CN)3 −C(−C≡N)3
1,2,3,4-thiatriazol-5-thiolate bis(1,2,3,4-thiatriazol-5-yl)disulfane 1,2,3,4-thiatriazol-5-thiol[3] 1,2,3,4-thiatriazol-5-thiolate 1,2,3,4-thiatriazol-5-thiolato- -yl 1,2,3,4-thiatriazol-5-thiolate CS2N3[4]
auride Au2

(Gold dimer)

HAu

(Gold(I) hydride)

auride aurido- ~ Au −Au

Au is considered to be a pseudohalogen ion due to its disproportionation reaction with alkali and the ability to form covalent bonds with hydrogen.[5]

Examples of pseudohalogen molecules

Examples of symmetrical pseudohalogen compounds (Ps−Ps, where Ps is a pseudohalogen) include cyanogen (CN)2, thiocyanogen (SCN)2 and hydrogen peroxide H2O2. Another complex symmetrical pseudohalogen compound is dicobalt octacarbonyl, Co2(CO)8. This substance can be considered as a dimer of the hypothetical cobalt tetracarbonyl, Co(CO)4.

Examples of non-symmetrical pseudohalogen compounds (pseudohalogen halides Ps−X, where Ps is a pseudohalogen and X is a halogen, or interpseudohalogens Ps1−Ps2, where Ps1 and Ps2 are two different pseudohalogens), analogous to the binary interhalogen compounds, are cyanogen halides like cyanogen chloride (Cl−CN), cyanogen bromide (Br−CN), nitryl fluoride (F−NO2), nitrosyl chloride (Cl−NO) and chlorine azide (Cl−N3), as well as interpseudohalogens like dinitrogen trioxide (O=N−NO2), nitric acid (HO−NO2) and cyanogen azide (N3−CN).

Not all combinations of interpseudohalogens and pseudohalogen halides are known to be stable (e.g. sulfanol HS−OH).

Pseudohalides

Pseudohalides form univalent anions which form binary acids with hydrogen and form insoluble salts with silver such as silver cyanide (AgCN), silver cyanate (AgOCN), silver fulminate (AgCNO), silver thiocyanate (AgSCN) and silver azide (AgN3).

A common complex pseudohalide is a tetracarbonylcobaltate [Co(CO)4]. The acid cobalt tetracarbonyl hydride HCo(CO)4 is in fact quite a strong acid, though its low solubility renders it not as strong as the true hydrogen halide.

The behavior and chemical properties of the above pseudohalides are identical to that of the true halide ions. The presence of the internal multiple bonds does not appear to affect their chemical behavior. For example, they can form strong acids of the type HX (compare hydrogen chloride HCl to hydrogen tetracarbonylcobaltate HCo(CO)4), and they can react with metals M to form compounds like MX (compare sodium chloride NaCl to sodium azide NaN3).

Nanoclusters of aluminium (often referred to as superatoms) are sometimes considered to be pseudohalides since they, too, behave chemically as halide ions, forming Al13I2 (analogous to triiodide I3) and similar compounds. This is due to the effects of metallic bonding on small scales.

References

  1. ^ IUPAC, Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book") (1997). Online corrected version: (2006–) "pseudohalogens". doi:10.1351/goldbook.P04930
  2. ^ "Tellurocyanate | CNTe | ChemSpider". Archived from the original on 2021-11-21.
  3. ^ https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/12821433
  4. ^ Margaret-Jane Crawford, et al. CS2N3, A Novel Pseudohalogen. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 9052-9053
  5. ^ Mudring, Anjy-Verena; Jansen, Martin (2000-11-28). "ChemInform Abstract: Base-Induced Disproportionation of Elemental Gold". ChemInform. 31 (48): no. doi:10.1002/chin.200048020.