  On account of the rapid development of noble gas chemistry in the past
half-century both xenon and krypton compounds can now be isolated in
macroscopic quantities. The same though does not hold true for the next lighter
group 18 element, argon, which forms only isolated molecules stable solely in
low-temperature matrices or supersonic jet streams. Here we present theoretical
investigations into a new high-pressure reaction pathway which enables
synthesis of Ar-bearing compounds in bulk and at room temperature.
