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Gold Pentafluoride: Structure and Fluoride Ion Affinity
Author(s) -
Hwang InChul,
Seppelt Konrad
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/1521-3773(20011001)40:19<3690::aid-anie3690>3.0.co;2-5
Subject(s) - chemistry , fluoride , ion , fluorine , lewis acids and bases , inorganic chemistry , polymer chemistry , organic chemistry , catalysis
The only pentafluoride with a dimeric structure is gold pentafluoride (see structure). According to calculations it has the highest fluoride‐ion affinity and thus is the strongest Lewis acid known to date. It decomposes in HF under its own acidity to give AuF 3 and F 2 .