Pentafluorides complexes

Proton Magnetic Resonance Shifts of t-Butyl Fluoride and its Antimony Pentafluoride Complex (in SbFs)... 

The alkylating ability of methyl and ethyl fluoride-antimony pentafluoride complexes has been investigated by Olah et al.,143,144 who showed the extraordinary reactivity of these systems. Self-condensation was observed as well as alkane alkylation. When CH3F-SbF5 was reacted with excess of CH3F at 0°C, at first only an exchanging complex was observed in the H NMR spectrum. After 0.5 h, the starting material was converted into the ferf-butyl cation 4 (Scheme 5.19). 

G. Kossmehl and G. Chatzitheodorou, Electrical conductivity of poly(2,5-thiophenediyl)-arsenic pentafluoride-complexes, Makromol. Chem., Rapid Commun., 2, 551-555 (1981). 

Antimony pentafluoride complex hosting guest molecule Cyclodextrin p-Cyclodextrin Hydroxypropyl-a-cyclodextrin Hydroxypropyl-p-cyclodextrin Hydroxypropyl-y-cyclodextrin... 

Perchloric acid (HCIO4 Ho —13.0), fluorosulfuric acid (HSO3F Ho — 15.1), and trifluoromethanesulfonic acid (CF3SO3H Ho —14.1) are considered to be superacids, as is truly anhydrous hydrogen fluoride. Complexing with Lewis acidic metal fluorides of higher valence, such as antimony, tantalum, or niobium pentafluoride, greatly enhances the acidity of all these acids. 

Phosphoms pentafluoride behaves as a Lewis acid showing electron-accepting properties. It forms complexes, generally in a ratio of 1 1 with Lewis bases, with amines, ethers, nitriles, sulfoxides, and other bases. These complexes are frequently less stable than the similar BF complexes, probably owing to stearic factors. Because it is a strong acceptor, PF is an excellent catalyst especially in ionic polymeri2ations. Phosphoms pentafluoride is also used as a source of phosphoms for ion implantation (qv) in semiconductors (qv) (26). 

Xeaoa difluoride behaves as a fluoride ioa doaor toward many metal pentafluorides to form complex salts containing the XeF" and Xe2F" 2 cations (10). In reactions with the pentafluorides of arsenic, antimony, and mthenium, for example, it forms the salts Xe2F" 2AsF(, [21308-45-2], XeF" AsF(, [26024-71-5], [12528-47-1], XeF+Sbp-g [36539-18-1], [17679-45-7], [15364-10-0], [36539-19-2], [26297-25-6],... 

PF3 forms complexes with amines, ethers, and other bases as well as F , with which phosphoms becomes six-coordinate. Dry phosphoms pentafluoride does not attack glass. The yellow crystalline phosphoms pentabromide forms from the reaction of PBr and excess bromine. 

Lewis Acid Complexes. Sulfolane complexes with Lewis acids, such as boron trifluoride or phosphoms pentafluoride (17). For example, at room temperature, sulfolane and boron trifluoride combine in a 1 1 mole ratio with the evolution of heat to give a white, hygroscopic soHd which melts at 37°C. The reaction of sulfolane with methyl fluoride and antimony pentafluoride inhquid sulfur dioxide gives crystalline tetrahydro-l-methoxythiophenium-l-oxidehexafluoroantimonate, the first example of an alkoxysulfoxonium salt (18). 

Antimony pentafluoride is a strong Lewis acid and a good oxidizing and fluorinating agent. Its behavior as a Lewis acid leads to the formation of numerous simple and complex adducts. It reacts vigorously with water to form a clear solution from which antimony pentafluoride dihydrate [65277-49-8], SbF 2H2O, may be isolated. This is probably not a tme hydrate, but may well be better formulated as [H O] [SbF OH]. 

Tungsten hexachloride and molybdenum pentafluoride desulfurize 2-methylthiirane to propene (72DOK(207)899) and a ruthenium(II) complex desulfurizes thiirane (73JA4758). 

Bismuth ligands, 2,989-1061 bonding, 2,1030-1041 7i bonding, 2, 1033-1039 trigonal bipyramidal complexes, 2,1036 Bismuth line, 3,294 Bismuthotungstates, 3, 1042 Bismuth pentafluoride, 3, 292 Bismuth tribromide, 3, 291 Bismuth trichloride, 3, 290 Bismuth trifiuoride, 3, 290 Bismuth triiodide, 3,292 Bismuth trioxide, 3,284 2,2 -Bisphenol metal complexes color photography, 6,109 Bis(trimethylene)triamine metal complexes, 2, 49 4,4 -Bi-l, 2,4-triazolyl metal complexes, 2, 89 polymers... 

Russian scientists (Avrorin et al., 1981, 1985) have reported that reactions of complex mixtures of radon, xenon, metal fluorides, bromine pentafluoride, and fluorine yield a higher fluoride of radon which hydrolyzes to form RnO. However, efforts to confirm these findings have been unsuccessful. In similar experiments which have been carried out at Argonne National Laboratory (Stein, 1984), it has been found that radon in the hydrolysate is merely trapped in undissolved solids centrifugation removes the radon from the liquid phase completely. This is in marked contrast to the behavior of a solution of XeO, which can be filtered or centrifuged without loss of the xenon compound. Hence there is no reliable evidence at present for the existence of a higher oxidation state of radon or for radon compounds or ions in aqueous solutions. Earlier reports of the preparation of oxidized radon species in aqueous solutions (Haseltine and Moser, 1967 Haseltine, 1967) have also been shown to be erroneous (Flohr and Appelman, 1968 Gusev and Kirin, 1971). 

Olah and co-workers in 1963 flrst observed the formation of stable alkylcarbonium ion complexes when t-butyl fluoride was dissolved in excess antimony pentafluoride (serving as both the Lewis acid and the solvent). 

In order to establish the identity of the trimethylcarbonium ion, the t-butyl fluoride-antimony pentafluoride system was investigated. It was found that when the vapour of t-butyl fluoride was passed over the surface of purifled liquid antimony pentafluoride (with exclusion of moisture and oxygen) a stable complex layer is formed on the top of the antimony pentafluoride. When this layer was separated and its proton magnetic resonance investigated (see subsequent discussion) the spectrum was found to be identical with that of the least-shielded species formed by decarbonylation of the t-butyloxocarbonium salt... 

Propyl, butyl and pentyl fluorides gave with excess antimony pentafluoride substantially stable ionic complexes (see subsequent discussion of spectroscopic investigations). The complexes always contained excess antimony pentafluoride over that needed for the 1 1 complex formation. 

It was indeed found necessary to have excess antimony pentafluoride present in order to obtain stable alkylcarbonium hexafluoroantimonate complexes. Antimony pentafluoride is a liquid Lewis acid fluoride (b.p. 148-150°) of low dielectric constant (e 3), which has been shown by fluorine N.M.R. studies in the pure liquid state and in solution to exist in both cyclic and acyclic polymeric forms involving fluorine bridges. The antimony is in approximately octahedral co-ordination with predominant bridging by coordinating fluorines (Gillespie and Rothenbury, 1963). As fluorine generally does not show bridging properties, the structure of antimony pentafluoride itself indicates the very... 

When methyl fluoride was absorbed into neat antimony pentafluoride at room temperature a low field band at —12-5 p.p.m. appears. The relative intensity of this species compared with the covalently polarized methyl fluoride complex is, however, small and it could originate from impurities in the system. 

Isopropyl fluoride gives a substantially stable ionic complex with excess antimony pentafluoride (see Table 3). n-Propyl fluoride in antimony pentafluoride gave the identical secondary carbonium ion complex. 

The trimer of cyanogen chloride, (CNClls reacts with fluorine in the presence of arsenic pentafluoride in chlorofluorocarbon solvent forming the complex [C3N3Cl3F][AsF6]. 

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