Oxoacid salts

Other oxoacid salts of the alkali metals are discussed in later chapters, e.g. borates (p. 205), silicates (p. 347), phosphites and phosphates (p. 510), sulfites, hydrogensulfates, thiosulfates, etc. (p. 706) selenites, selenates, tellurites and tellurates (p. 781), hypohalites, halites, halates and perhalates (p. 853), etc. 

Other oxoacid salts and binary compounds are more conveniently discussed under the chemistry of the appropriate non-metals in later chapters. 

Oxoacid salts of Ge are usually unstable, generally uninteresting, and commercially unimportant. The tetraacetate Ge(OAc)4 separates as white needles, mp 156°, when GeCl4 is treated with TlOAc in acetic anhydride and the resulting solution is concentrated at low pressure and cooled. An unstable sulfate Ge(S04)2 is formed in a curious reaction when GeCl4 is heated with SO3 in a sealed tube at 160° ... 

Numerous oxoacid salts of Sn and Sn have been reported and several basic salts are also known. Anhydrous Sn(N03)2 has not been prepared but the basic salt Sn3(0H)4(N03)2 can be made by reacting a paste of hydrous tin(II) oxide with aqueous HNO3 the compound may well contain the oligomeric cation [Sn3(OH)4] + illustrated on p. 384, Sn(N03)4 can be obtained in anhydrous reactions of... 

Many oxoacid salts decompose to give oxygen when heated (p. 864). A convenient source is KCIO3 which evolves oxygen when heated to... 

Ref. 23, Chemical properties of the halogens — redox properties aqueous solutions, pp. 1188-95 Oxoacids and oxoacid salts of the halogens, pp. 1396-1465. 

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