Abstract
When relativistic considerations are taken into account it seems likely that the tetrafluoride of the noble gas element 118 does not favor a square-planar geometry like the lighter homologues XeF4 and RnF4, but rather a tetrahedral geometry as a result of large spin-orbit effects (see picture).
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