The strong oxidant salt [XeOTeF
5][Sb(OTeF
5)
6]·SO
2ClF has been synthesized by reaction of stoichiometric amountsof Xe(OTeF
5)
2 and Sb(OTeF
5)
3 in SO
2ClF solution at -78
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C and characterized in SO
2ClF solution by low-temperature
17O,
19F,
121Sb,
125Te, and
129Xe NMR spectroscopy, showing the Xe···O donor-acceptor bond XeOTeF
5+·SO
2ClFadduct-cation to be labile at temperatures as low as -80
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C. The salt crystallizes from SO
2ClF as [XeOTeF
5][Sb(OTeF
5)
6]·SO
2ClF, and the low-temperature crystal structure was obtained: triclinic,
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,
a = 9.7665(5) Å,
b =9.9799(4) Å,
c = 18.5088(7) Å,
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= 89.293(2)
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,
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= 82.726(2)
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,
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= 87.433(3)
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,
V = 1787.67(13) Å
3,
Z = 2,and
R1 = 0.0.0451 at -173
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C. Unlike MF
6- in [XeF][MF
6] (e.g., M = As, Sb, Bi) and [XeOTeF
5][AsF
6], theSb(OTeF
5)
6- anion is significantly less basic and does not interact with the coordinately unsaturated xenon(II)cation. Rather, the XeOTeF
5+ cation and weak Lewis base, SO
2ClF, interact by coordination of an oxygen atom ofSO
2ClF to xenon [Xe···O, 2.471(5) Å]. The XeOTeF
5+·SO
2ClF adduct-cation has also been studied by low-temperatureRaman spectroscopy, providing frequencies that have been assigned to adducted SO
2ClF. The solid-state Ramanspectra of XeOTeF
5+·SO
2ClF and Sb(OTeF
5)
6- have been assigned with the aid of electronic structure calculations.In addition to optimized geometries and vibrational frequencies, theoretical data, including gas-phase donor-acceptorbond energies, natural bond orbital (NBO) analyses, and topological analyses based on electron localization functions(ELF), provide descriptions of the bonding in XeOTeF
5+·SO
2ClF and related systems. The quantum mechanicalcalculations provided consistent trends for the relative strengths of the Xe···O donor-acceptor bond in XeOTeF
5+·SO
2ClF and ion-pair bonds in [XeL][MF
6] (L = F, OTeF
5; M = As, Sb), with the Xe···O bond of XeOTeF
5+·SO
2ClFbeing the weakest in the series.