Chlorine oxide
Chlorine and oxygen can bond in many ways:
- chlorine monoxide, ClO, chlorine (II) oxide
 - chlorine peroxide, Cl
2O
2, dimer of chlorine (II) oxide - chlorine dioxide, ClO
2, chlorine (IV) oxide - chloroperoxyl, ClOO
 - chlorine trioxide, ClO3, chlorine (VI) oxide
 - dichlorine monoxide, Cl2O, chlorine (I) oxide
 - Three dichlorine dioxides:
- ClO dimer, Cl2O2, chlorine (I) peroxide
 - chloryl chloride, ClO2Cl, chlorine (0,IV) oxide
 - chlorine chlorite, ClOClO, chlorine (I,III) oxide
 
 - dichlorine trioxide, Cl2O3, chlorine (III) oxide, is hypothetical
 - dichlorine trioxide, Cl2O3, chlorine (I,V) oxide (second isomer)
 - dichlorine tetroxide, also known as chlorine perchlorate, ClOClO3, chlorine (I,VII) oxide
 - dichlorine pentoxide, Cl2O5, is hypothetical
 - dichlorine hexoxide, chloryl perchlorate, Cl2O6 or [ClO2]+[ClO4]−, chlorine (V,VII) oxide
 - dichlorine heptoxide, Cl2O7, chlorine (VII) oxide
 - chlorine tetroxide, ClO
4 - chlorine (VII) oxide peroxide, (OClO3)2
 

Dichlorine heptoxide, Cl2O7
Several ions are also chlorine oxides:
- chloryl, ClO+
2 - perchloryl, ClO+
3 - hypochlorite, ClO−
 - chlorite, ClO2−
 - chlorate, ClO3−
 - perchlorate, ClO4−
 
See also
    
- Oxygen fluoride
 - Bromine oxide
 - Iodine oxide
 - Sulfur fluorides, some of which are valence isoelectronic with chlorine oxides.
 
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