Extrapolated Chemical Properties
Ununennium is expected to behave normally for an alkali metal and exhibit a strong +1 oxidation state. However, the energetic properties of its valence electron would increase its first ionization energy, making it less reactive than expected and more like potassium than caesium chemically. This would also decrease the metallic and ionic radii of ununennium. Ununennium is also predicted to be the first alkali metal to display the +3 oxidation state, due to the ionization energy of the 7p3/2 electrons, which is predicted to be very low.
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