[1][2] It consists of two fluorinated phenyl rings connected to xenon.

Bis(pentafluorophenyl)xenon is a molecular substance.

In the solid form it crystallises in the monoclinic system with space group P21/n.

[1] Xe(C6F5)2 is prepared from the [(CH3)4N]F catalyzed reactions of (CH3)3SiC6F5 and XeF2 in propionitrile, propionitrile/acetonitrile, acetonitrile, or CH2Cl2 , at -60 to -40 °C as the first [10-Xe-2] species with two xenon-carbon bonds as a colorless solid that decomposes above −20 °C and spontaneously at 20 °C.

[2] Bis(pentafluorophenyl)xenon is crystallized from dichloromethane at −40 °C.