Elliott, Hugh St. A., Lehmann, John F., Mercier, Hélène P.A., Jenkins, H. Donald Brooke and Schrobilgen, Gary J. (2010) X-ray crystal structures of [XeF][MF6] (M = As, Sb, Bi), [XeF][M2F11] (M = Sb, Bi) and estimated thermochemical data and predicted stabilities for noble-gas fluorocation salts using volume-based thermodynamics. Inorganic Chemistry, Vol.49 (No.18). pp. 8504-8523. doi:10.1021/ic101152x

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Abstract

The crystal structures of the xenon(II) salts, [XeF][SbF(6)], [XeF[BiF(6)], and [XeF[Bi(2)F(11)], have been determined for the first time, and those of XeF(2), [XeF][AsF(6)], [XeF][Sb(2)F(11)], and [XeF(3)][Sb(2)F(11)] have been redetermined with greater precision at -173 degrees C. The Bi(2)F(11)(-) anion, which has a structure analogous to those of the As(2)F(11)(-) and Sb(2)F(11)(-) anions, has been structurally characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction for the first time as its XeF(+) The fluorine bridge between the bismuth atoms is asymmetric with Bi center dot center dot center dot Fb bond lengths of 2.092(6) and 2.195(6) angstrom and a Bi center dot center dot center dot Fb'center dot center dot center dot Bi bridge bond angle of 145.3(3)degrees. The XeF(+) cations interact with their anions by means of Xe center dot center dot center dot Fb center dot center dot center dot M bridges. Consequently, the solid-state Raman spectra of [XeF][MF(6)] (M = As, Sb, Bi) were modeled as the gas-phase ion pairs and assigned with the aid of quantum-chemical calculations. Relationships among the terminal Xe-F(1) and bridge Xe center dot center dot center dot F(b) bond lengths and stretching frequencies and the gas-phase fluoride ion affinities of the parent Lewis acid that the anion is derived from are considered. The analogous krypton ion pairs, [KrF][MF(6)] (M = As, Sb, Bi) were also calculated and compared with their previously published X-ray crystal structures. The calculated cation-anion charge separations indicate that the [XeF][MF(6)] salts are more ionic than their krypton analogues and that XeF(2) is a stronger fluoride ion donor than KrF(2). The lattice energies, standard enthalpies, and free energies of formation for salts containing the NgF(+), Ng(2)F(3)(+), XeF(3)(+), XeF(5)(+), Xe(2)F(11)(+), and XeOF(3)(+) (Ng = Ar, Kr, Xe) cations were estimated using volume-based thermodynamics (VBT) based on crystallographic and estimated ion volumes. These estimated parameters were then used to predict the stabilities of noble-gas salts. VBT is used to examine and predict the stabilities of, inter alia, the salts [XeF(m)[Sb(n)F(5n+1)] and [XeF(m)][As(n)F(5n+1)] (m = 1, 3; n = 1, 2). VBT also confirms that XeF(+) salts are stable toward redox decomposition to Ng, F(2), and MF(5) (M = As, Sb), whereas the isolable krypton compounds and the unknown ArF(+) salts are predicted to be unstable by VBT with the ArF(+) salts being the least stable.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	Q Science > QD Chemistry
Divisions:	Faculty of Science > Chemistry
Journal or Publication Title:	Inorganic Chemistry
Publisher:	American Chemical Society
ISSN:	0020-1669
Official Date:	20 September 2010
Dates:	Date Event 20 September 2010 Published
Volume:	Vol.49
Number:	No.18
Page Range:	pp. 8504-8523
DOI:	10.1021/ic101152x
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
Funder:	Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), McMaster University , SHARCNet

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