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Back Cover: Formation Mechanism of NF 4 + Salts and Extraordinary Enhancement of the Oxidizing Power of Fluorine by Strong Lewis Acids (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 27/2017)
Author(s) -
Christe Karl O.,
Haiges Ralf,
Vasiliu Monica,
Dixon David A.
Publication year - 2017
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/anie.201705291
Subject(s) - oxidizing agent , lewis acids and bases , fluorine , chemistry , adduct , cover (algebra) , electron affinity (data page) , electron , medicinal chemistry , inorganic chemistry , crystallography , organic chemistry , catalysis , molecule , physics , mechanical engineering , engineering , quantum mechanics
The strongest neutral one‐electron oxidizers are reported by K. O. Christe and co‐workers in their Communication on page 7924 ff. The presence of strong Lewis acids enhances the oxidizing power of elemental fluorine by as much as 6.7 eV, and Sb 2 F 11 has an electron affinity of 9.78 eV (PtF 6 : 7.09 eV). When combined with a typical lattice energy of about 6 eV for a solid product, these Lewis acid/fluorine adducts can “rob” an electron even from highly unreactive compounds and oxidize NF 3 to NF 3 + , for example.