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3. Hargittai, I. “Neil Bartlett and the First Noble-Gas Compound,” Struct. Chem. 2009, 20, 953–959.
A short, excellent account of the original discovery.
4. Seidel, S. Seppelt, K. “Xenon as a Complex Ligand: The Tetra Xenono Gold(II) Cation in
AuXe 4 2+ (Sb F − ) ,” Science 2000, 290, 117–118.
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5. Hope, E. G. “Coordination Chemistry of the Noble Gases and Noble Gas Fluorides,” Coord. Chem.
Rev. 2012, 257, 902–909. A review focusing on Xe and XeF as transition metal ligands.
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6. Liebman, J. F.; Deakyne, C. A. “Noble Gas Compounds and Chemistry: A Brief Review of Interre-
lations and Interactions with Fluorine-Containing Species,” J. Fluor. Chem. 2003, 121, 1–8. This
somewhat specialized review concludes with a poem in honor of Neil Bartlett. We quote four lines,
which focus on the elements that we have largely ignored in this chapter: He, Ne, Ar and Rn:

Following Neil’s lead, compounds of Rn
And Kr were made, and it seems, Ar’s not barren.
But a classical chemical bond, yet remains still beyond
Anyone who studies helium and neon.