Caesium - 55Cs: compounds information
This section lists some binary compounds with halogens (known as halides), oxygen (known as oxides), hydrogen (known as hydrides), and some other compounds of caesium. For each compound, a formal oxidation number for caesium is given, but the usefulness of this number is limited for p-block elements in particular. Based upon that oxidation number, an electronic configuration is also given but note that for more exotic compounds you should view this as a guide only.
In compounds of caesium (where known), the most common oxidation numbers of caesium are: 1.
Hydrides
The term hydride is used to indicate compounds of the type MxHy and not necessarily to indicate that any compounds listed behave as hydrides chemically.
- Caesium hydride: CsH
Fluorides
- Caesium fluoride: CsF
Chlorides
- Caesium chloride: CsCl
Bromides
- none listed
Iodides
- Caesium iodide: CsI
Oxides
- Dicaesium oxide: Cs2O
- Caesium superoxide: CsO2
- Dicaesium peroxide: Cs2O2
Sulfides
- Dicaesium sulphide: Cs2S
- Dicaesium disulphide: Cs2S2
- Dicaesium trisulphide: Cs2S3
- Dicaesium hexasulphide: Cs2S6
- Dicaesium tetrasulphide: Cs2S4
- Dicaesium pentasulphide: Cs2S5
- Dicaesium heptasulphide: Cs2S7
Selenides
- Dicaesium selenide: Cs2Se
Tellurides
- Dicaesium telluride: Cs2Te
Nitrides
- none listed
Carbonyls
- none listed
Complexes
- none listed